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Persephone just went to the underworld and Demeter sad rains over the Earth. Harvest season is over, it's a cold, windy  night. Men sit outside their homes wearing scary masks around bonfires while women honor their ancestors with altars and prepare feasts. On their doorsteps, they place pumpkins and turnip for protection from wandering Jack. It's time when the border between the living and the dead is thin. Welcome to Samhain Eve... An Irish Seán Na Gealaí turnip lantern from the early 20th century, from the Museum of Country Life, photo by Rannpháirtí anaithnid at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Samhain; ancient festival Celtic religion celebrates the end of summer season and beginning of winter season  and the balance between light and dark on 31th Oct. till 1st Nov.  Samhain means in Old Irish “summer’s end.” It was a time to gather the last of the harvest, honor the gods, and prepare for the winter months. Huge bonfires were lit on sacred hills across Irelan...

  H ail to you, Hapi, Sprung from earth,   Come to nourish Egypt!   Of secret ways,   A darkness by day,   To whom his followers sing!   Who floods the fields that Ra has made,   To nourish all who thirst;   Lets drink the waterless desert, His dew descending from the sky. The Nile flood was significant to the ancient Egyptians because of its close connection to the ancient Egyptian creation myth. Therefore, Egyptians celebrated it on August 15th for two weeks.  The Nile River was the primary source of life for the Egyptians after the ancient Egyptians descended upon its banks. It became a source of goodness, silt and water, leading to the flourishing of agriculture and the country's wealth through the fertility of the land.  This led to Egypt being called Kemet, meaning "black land," due to the fertility of its soil. The Egyptians sanctified the Nile, appreciating its gifts. The Nile was named Ar or Aur, meaning "black," a reference to ...