盘点各种版本的万圣节传统和起源

精品文档---下载后可任意编辑盘点各种版本的万圣节传统和起源 我今日和大家盘点各种版本的万圣节传统和起源，一起来看看吧，下面我就和大家共享，来观赏一下吧。 盘点各种版本的万圣节传统和起源 1. CARVING HALLOWEEN JACK-O-LANTERNS 雕刻万圣节南瓜灯 Jack-O-Lanterns, which originated in Ireland using turnips instead of pumpkins, are supposedly based on a legend about a man named Stingy Jack who repeatedly trapped the Devil and only let him go on the condition that Jack would never go to Hell. When he died, however, Jack learned that Heaven didnt really want his soul either, so he was condemned to wander the Earth as a ghost for all eternity. The Devil gave Jack a lump of burning coal in a carved-out 第 1 页 共 23 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑turnip to light his way. Eventually, locals began carving frightening faces into their own gourds to scare off evil spirits. 南瓜灯起源于爱尔兰，最开始是由萝卜雕的，不是南瓜。传奇有个外号叫“吝啬鬼杰克”的男人屡次捉住魔鬼，并且要魔鬼承诺永久不会让他下地狱才肯放掉魔鬼。然而，他去世时才知道，天堂也不情愿接受他的灵魂，所以他只能做孤魂野鬼，永久在人间游荡。魔鬼给了杰克一个装有燃煤的雕刻萝卜作为照明的灯笼。久而久之，当地人也开始在他们的南瓜上雕刻凶恶的面容，以驱逐恶灵。 2. SEEING GHOSTS 幽灵出没 Celtic people believed that during the festival Samhain, which marked the transition to the new year at the end of the harvest and beginning of the winter, spirits walked the 第 2 页 共 23 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑Earth. Later, the introduction of All Souls Day on November 2 by Christian missionaries perpetuated the idea of a mingling between the living and the dead around the same time of year. 凯尔特人认为，在萨温节期间，幽灵活在人间徘徊。萨温节标志着新的一年的开始(在古凯尔特人的信仰里，新的一年于 11 月 1 日开始)和收获季到冬天的过渡。之后，__传教士在 11 月 2...