Almost two centuries ago, Irish immigrants brought Samhain to North America as a harvest festival and a day when the veil between worlds was at its thinnest.
Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, is celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts, echoing the past and reminding us that life and death boundaries are thin.
In premodern times, ghosts were part of everyday life, worshiped and feared, reflecting society's intimate relationship with death and high mortality.
Chronic malnutrition, famines, and diseases in historical societies led to a deep connection with ghosts and ghost stories, illustrating life’s fragility.
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