#halloween costumes holiday costumes

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Vanessa’s Halloween costumes,,

[blushily]

IT'S ALIVE!!! (Halloween Comm for JRR!)

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[1999babi]

halloween shopping at party city

source 1, 2, 3, 4

[fiendishartist2]

the archives is full of gay ppl; therefor halloween is celebrated

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Eastman Kodak Co, 1960

[den-ai-d]

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🥳💀🎃

Billy here's on his dullahan jack o' lantern goth-punk witch costume, I guess he just couldn't settle for one thing 😂

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[blackheart-6]

group halloween costumes

and pixel versions!

my explanations under the read more

hi yall

so, its been awhile... 😬

ill be honest, i didnt mean to be gone for so long, originally i was working on something that took me a bit, but then irl stuff hit me and then before i knew it its been over a month since ive done much of anything online 😵😵

but im back, hopefully for awhile at least!

enough about that for now though, with halloween coming up i got some art to share!

this year i decided to do a group costume! if you cant tell, they are dressed up as the little red riding hood characters, with asriel being the grandma, dess being the lumberjack, kris being the wolf, and noelle being little red riding hood herself ^^

i feel like they turned out pretty good!

but thats not all. i also decided to make pixel art of the costumes as well, because i was just in a pixel mood lol

the top row is using frisk and the little noelle outline as reference for kris and frisk, while the bottom row is me altering those sprites a bit to make the heights more accurate ^^

i dont do sprites often, but i dont think they turned out too bad

but thats it for now, happy almost halloween yall!!!

[tamapalace]

Kuchipatchi showing off his costume to Chibipatchi! 🎃

[karmathehalflander]

Realized I hadn’t drawn anything for Halloween with them, panicked, then ran to make something as fast as I could

[artbyfuji]

Hope you all had a frightful STRQOWEEN 🎃👻

[fallenaither]

Bugtober 2024- Day 30: Costume

Apollyon may not understand all of Bugaria's traditions, but at the very least they're accidentally still dressed for the occasion!

[hearthandheathenry]

All About Samhain

Samhain, typically pronounced "sow-in", is an ancient Gaelic festival originating from a pagan spiritual tradition. It falls on November 1st in the northern hemisphere, but celebrations start at sunset on October 31st due to old Celtic timekeeping. It falls about halfway between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. The holiday also ushers in the end of the harvest season and the start of the dark months ahead, a.k.a the winter.

Samhain is marked as one of the most important fire festivals of the Celts, and is mentioned even in 9th century Irish literature. It was such an important time of year that neolithic passage tombs in Ireland aligned with the sunrise around this holiday, predating any historical text on it. Samhain was a celebration of large feasts and gatherings and was said to be a time where the portals to the otherworld were open and when spirits were close. However, the festival was not recorded in great detail until more early modern times.

At that time, it was mentioned how cattle were brought down from the summer pastures and slaughtered, special fires were lit for protection and cleansing, and offerings were made to the Fae and to the departed souls thought to visit their loved ones on this liminal holiday. Mumming and guising (wearing costumes and going door to door reciting verses in exchange for food) were recorded at this time. Divination also seemed to be a big part of celebrations at this time, usually involving nuts and apples.

In the 9th century, the western church declared November 1st All Saints Day and later November 2nd All Souls Day. It is believed that modern Halloween is influenced by all of these different holidays and their traditions since most of American Halloween was inherited from Irish and Scottish immigrants.

Samhain played a big role in Irish mythology, and many tales were passed down about this time of year and eventually written down by Christian monks in the Middle Ages. Most tales tell of large feasts, interactions with the Fae and the Otherworld, and of making offerings around this time of year within those tales.

In some Medieval texts, it is said that Samhain at Uliad lasted 3 days before and 3 days after, or a whole week. There were great gatherings where they held meetings, drank, feasted, and held contests. Bonfires were noted in many texts, often being lit by Druids and used to relight hearthfires and for sacrifices to the Gods. By the early modern era, they were most common in the Scottish Highlands, and by the 18th and 19th centuries, the fires, smoke, and ashes were said to have protective and cleansing powers. They were also used for divination and had a ritual involving laying stones around the fire, one for each person, and then left overnight to observe in the morning. It is said that if one of the stones had been mislaid, then that person would not survive the year. Other older customs suggest throwing the stones into the fire itself instead.

Divination on Samhain usually revolved around death or marriage. Apples and hazelnuts were common divination tools for these games and customs, apple bobbing being a common one even way back then. Food and drink were also used for divination, along with animals and dreams people had later that night.

Samhain was also noted to have many traditions involving the Fae and the deceased. People would take extra precautions to protect themselves against the Fae or even give offerings to appease them. It was also thought that the dead would revisit their homes, seeking hospitality in the cold, so places for them were set at the table. Thankful souls were thought to bring blessings, while a wronged person could bring revenge.

Mumming and guising were also recorded in the 16th century, where people would go door to door in costume and recite verses in exchange for food, sometimes for the feast itself. It was suggested that those who disguised themselves as Fae would be protected, but other sources talk about representing the old spirits of winter who demanded reward in exchange for good fortune. However, disguising as Fae led to many young men taking the step to play tricks and pranks on people as well, leading to Samhain being nicknamed "Mischief Night" as far back as the 1700s.

Modern pagans today seem to celebrate Samhain in many different ways, incorporating ancient traditions from a few of the overlapping festivals and ways unique to their own practice. Overall, it's a wonderful and fun time filled with feasting, fires, dressing up, and honoring the dead. Samhain has survived many generations despite the time passed and traditions varying throughout the years.

Samhain Associations:

Colors - orange, red, yellow, black, purple

Food - apples, pomegranates, nuts, squash, alcohol, ciders, breads, sweets

Animals - cattle and other farm animals, nocturnal animals

Items - carved vegetables, treats, protective totems, disguises

Crystals - obsidian, carnelian, bloodstone, citrine, onyx, smokey quartz

Other - bonfires, divination, costumes, mumming, feasts, death, souls, Fae

Ways To Celebrate:

carve a vegetable to represent a spirit (carve a pumpkin)

go mumming and guising (trick-or-treating)

have a bonfire

have a feast

enjoy some cider or mead

dress up in a costume

practice divination

play games like apple bobbing

honor your ancestors

leave offerings to the spirits

prepare your home for the upcoming winter

cleanse and protect your home

make a simmer pot

create an altar

gather with friends and family

give treats to others

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

listen. I feel like since it's an election year and there's like. a week between halloween and the election it should be 100% okay to just like... let halloween go on a little longer. let the halloween spirit bleed into the days ahead. watch that spooky movie. keep those plastic skeletons up til tomorrow. get that discount candy. let it be like those six days between Christmas and new years. it's one of the most nerve-wracking weeks of the decade and if keeping halloween around a little longer helps you keep it together then fuck it. that's what you do.

[alizera62quartz]

Drawtober: Day 26 Demons

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