Haunted Air

Name: Haunted Air
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ISBN: 9780224089708

ISBN-10: 0224089706

ISBN-13: 9780224089708

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ossian Brown, Geoff Cox, David Lynch, David Lynch

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The roots of Hallowe'en lie in the ancient pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain, a feast to mark the death of the old year and the birth of the new. It was believed that on this night the veil separating the worlds of the living and the dead grew thin and ruptured, allowing spirits to pass through and walk unseen but not unheard amongst men. The advent of Christianity saw the pagan festival subsumed in All Souls' Day, when across Europe the dead were mourned and venerated. Children and the poor, often masked or in outlandish costume, wandered the night begging 'soul cakes' in exchange for prayers, and fires burned to keep malevolent phantoms at bay. From Europe, the haunted tradition…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 10/28/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 216
Size: 7.83" wide x 9.02" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English

Geoff Cox is Associate Professor in the Department of Aesthetics and Communications at Aarhus University, Denmark.