"Hiding behind their costumes, villagers often played pranks on one another, but blamed the spirits," Bannatyne told CNN.

Put succinctly, the history of Halloween as we know it is a muddy, confusing collection of practices that probably owe more ...

ATHENS, Greece – A clutch of modern pagans honored Zeus at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Athens on Sunday – the first known ceremony of its kind held there since the ancient Greek religion ...

Halloween’s origins you probably didn’t know Halloween today is about candy, costumes, and spooky fun, with children dressed ...

The turning of devils, witches, goblins, and other unearthly entities into welcome, friendly sights is thus a kind of annual ...

On the longest night of the year, Bay Area pagans will hold vigil for the rebirth of the sun. They don't, of course, think the sun won't return, but that isn't going to stop them from entreating it to ...

A Wiccan priest marks Samhain as some 500 people were expected to visit the pagan celebration in Firemen’s Park on Saturday.

HASNON, France (Reuters) - It is a ritual steeped in pagan mystery, updated for the coronavirus age. Sick people in northern France occasionally leave garments in healing trees or "arbres à loques" in ...