HALLOWEEN - Myths & Legends DEBUNKED
It’s time to dust off the vampire fangs, grab your pumpkins and find the biggest candy bucket you can carry. Halloween is here, that great American tradition intended to get the kids out of the house and worship the devil. Or is any of that true?
Join us as we sort the truths from the myths, and the facts from the misconceptions, about Halloween.
#halloween #halloweenhistory #debunked
CREDITS:
STU K - Creator, Producer, Researcher, Co-Writer, Presenter / Voice Over
ROBIN M - Research, Writer, Guest VO
ROSS G - Illustrator, Animator, Editor
SOURCES:
PBS, National Geographic, Britannica, Merriam-Webster, University Of California, The Irish Times, Carnegie Museum Of Natural History, PBS Storied, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, BBC, Herald Scotland, Britannica, World History, Glasstire, University of Arizona
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Interesting how wholesome a holiday known for evil and sinister and scary movies originated as a day to remember the passed. It is eerie that my grandmas birthday is the day before Halloween.
It’s a shame that the remembrance side of it has been lost in mainstream culture, but is now Halloween is a lot of fun 🎃
pumkins for halloween in england is very recent, i remember in the 1990s we all used turnips or swedes or mangelworzels for carving, punkie night is a halloween tradition going back centuries, but probably came from ireland.....a lot of west country traditions went with setllers went to the american SE, so carving could also have gone with them...so its not directly just irish....
Very well explained. Thank you!
Never knew that about 'Hel' -- interesting stuff!
Thanks, glad you learnt something new!
If anyone thinks carving a pumpkin is difficult they should try a turnip - far from easy.
😂 Now that's a fact!
Well, it's probably a consensus that in the olden days, people disguised as monsters. That was back in medieval times that relied more on folklore. Nowadays though, people are dressing up as whatever the Halloween stores might be selling, maybe Pikachu or Captain America, maybe even the adults have a cosplay they wanted to do. Monsters are pretty much accepted as fictional too, so it's really just for fun and tradition.
another banger!
Just to debunk the debunk, it wasnt just ireland, celtic/iron age wales had the tradition Nos Calan Gaeaf , which is basically ancient welsh for samhain or sumemrs end, people dressed up in animal skins....so not just ireland but all celtic peoples....
Just to debunk the debunk of the debunk, where did you find that information?
@@LiteraIIy_Nobody national museum of well, BBC, various articles....also welsh people
Pretty good vid! Thx for the great info😊
Thank you for watching and commenting 👍 What was your favourite myth?
I make a turnip-o-lantern (or rutabaga-o-lantern) on Halloween. I have for the past few years.
very nice video
Thanks 😊 Which was your favourite myth?
Spoopy
Wow
I find it funny that Mari Lwyd isn't a Halloween tradition, but one for Christmas.
6:36 So is it AD 837 (as written) or AD 873 (as spoken)?
AD 837. Apologies Shia that was a last minute re-recording that slipped through the net.
Regardless of which year, only Western Christians celebrate All Saints Day on November 1 because of this. There is a whole contingent of Christians who don't. (Hence modern Hallowe'en is a secular or neopagan holiday to them.)
How does this video not have more likes???
Robin Reads Halloween facts!
He does! Were you a fan of AllTimeConspiracies?
@@DebunkedOfficial yes, then I followed them to Just Interesting and I’ve listened to Robin’s audiobooks, too!
It is odd that you mention the Pagan origins of Halloween so casually, yet did extra research in the Christmas video to debunk the Pagan Christmas connections
Always subjected to the bias of the writers/presenter. More than likely followers of the RCC.
Did they really debunk pagan origins for Christmas? Pretty sure they mention the winter solstice and the celebration of Saturn in the Christmas myths video. Anyway, is it not possible for one festival to have confirmed pre-Christiam origins and the other to not?
@@rfjm0 They were saying that Christmas was not inspired by Saturnalia or the Solstice, and that the whole thing was a coincidence and a myth.
Not odd at all! One holiday has pagan origins, the other doesn't, and both have associated customs that originate from both pagan and Christian traditions.
Fun fact I was supposed to be born on November 8 or 9 but I was born earlier on October 31 which is on Halloween I have a wicked cool birthday during the pandemic I work at party city for Halloween for two Halloween events which is year. Then I stopped because due to low hours. So I can officially say that I was born on Halloween
Good thing we don't have Halloween here
Could you elaborate why is that a good thing?
Where in the world are you? Thanks for watching and commenting
@@xahxyy1551 Because Halloween sucks! Another holiday promoting consumerism and buying crap you don't need (decorations, costumes, and candy). It is especially bad for people with social anxiety who hate it when random people knock on their door. Plus, being poor and feeling left out because you can't afford to participate. Or not having friends or family to participate with. I personally HATE ALL holidays, but I especially hate Halloween.
@@MatthewTheWanderer I feel so bad for you, not being able to enjoy Halloween. Btw, is this an alt account, because you're not the same person as the commenter?
@@LiteraIIy_Nobody I have nothing to do with anyone else in this thread.
would a tree die if you spray paint its leaves black???
Depends on the type of tree, if it's deciduous it would likely drop / shed the leaves that are painted. Either way it probably wouldn't do the tree much good.
Depends on when you painted them, too. If the leaves were dead already, it probably wouldn't do very much to the tree (though it would be bad for the ecosystem that rely on dead leaves, especially if the paint got into the groundwater, etc.). Basically, if you care at all about the environment, don't do it. Regardless, it is an assholish thing to do. Besides, you could just plant a tree that has naturally red-black leaves when it dies!
I'm Stu... And this my only shirt
Does anyone have any good trick or treating stories?
Nope, I only ever did that once as a kid in the 80s and then my parents decided Halloween was evil and Satanic. Now, I hate it because of social anxiety and being poor.
Christmas, Halloween, Easter... just a no no, really.
Yep, screw all three of them! And Thanksgiving, too! I HATE ALL big holidays! Bah, humbug!
@@MatthewTheWanderer For it to be authentic, we must address their original roots. I assume you know more about them
Really, why? Like, I get if you're not a Christian, you wouldn't want to celebrate Christmas or Easter, and if you're not a Neopagan, you wouldn't want to celebrate traditional Hallowe'en, but if you're a secular person, who cares about celebrating the secular traditions around these holidays or not? Live and let live. And if the comment is about how Christians shouldn't celebrate any of them because they have pagan origins, Christmas and Easter were originally Christian holidays celebrated by (surprise) going to church on those days, with none of the Santa Claus or Easter bunny or any other trappings. So any "good Christian" should be doing that, but also shouldn't be policing their fellow believers.
@@KryzysX Yes, I do know about their original roots, but why? I don't don't like them, either way.
@@katherinegilks3880 For me, I don't like how society seems to expect everyone to celebrate certain holidays and shoves it in your face all year round! It's the consumerism aspect that gags me the most! The social aspect where they basically shame you for not participating. I have no problem with other people doing whatever they want and celebrating any and all holidays they want to. Just leave me out and leave me alone in peace, please.
Ah yess, halloween, the former pagan ritual that got a bit of christianity influence then turned in to a marketing hysteria. Wait, so it's christmas?
Nope, Christmas is the opposite: Christian festival that got a bit of a pagan influence (like trees, Santa Claus, etc.) and then got consumerist and secular.