Halloween History and Literature

1. Halloween
History, Literature, and Culture

2. Traditions
• Samhain – end of harvest and beginning of winter.
• Special bonfires
• Otherworld Opened

3. Oweynagat
• Cave of the Cats
• Various destructive
creatures emerged through
this opening to the
Otherworld on Samhain.

4. Jack-O-Lanterns

11. Frankenstein
By Mary Shelley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3dFh6
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12. Sleepy Hollow
By Washington Irving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3RaaFR
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6O4Hi
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13. The Corpse Bride
Russian Folk Tale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8-
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14. Dracula
By Bram Stoker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzb3rAS
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15. Halloween Today
American Customs

16. Halloween Movies
Hocus Pocus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-
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