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Ossian Brown

Haunted Air

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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 phant… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Cox, Geoff (Beitr.) / Lynch, David (Einf.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-78733-424-3
  • EAN: 9781787334243
  • Produktnummer: 38520563
  • Verlag: Random House UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
  • Seitenangabe: 216 S.
  • Masse: H22.8 cm x B20.3 cm x D2.5 cm 938 g
  • Gewicht: 938

Über den Autor


Ossian Brown, artist, musician and composer, lives on the south coast of England, where he cares for abandoned cats and goats. He was a member of the music group Coil, and is a co-founding member of Cyclobe.

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