This is just a page of notes about the various things that correspond to Samhain. It is not meant to be a comprehensive guide, just a quick look. For more detail, see my main Samhain article.
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Date
November, 1st or 2nd, usually.
Colors
Black, orange, yellow, brown, red
Objects
Candles, fires, Jack-O-Lanterns, skulls, images of the dead, divination tools, nuts and acorns, colored leaves, masks
Animals
Stag/buck, cats, rats, bats, owl, raven/crow, jackel, coyote, scorpion any animal considered a guide or messenger of the dead
Plants
apples, deciduous trees, esp nut-bearing trees, late season flowers: asters, chrysanthemums, calendula, cosmos etc.
Fragrances
Apple, copal, sandalwood, wormwood, sage, patchouli, tobacco
Foods
Deities
All Gods of Death and the Underworld, Psychopomps: Hades, Pluto, Persephone, Proserpina, Dis Pater, Thanatos, Osiris, Anubis, Hel, Erishkigal, Nergal, Arawn, Mannanan, Cichol, Donn, Hecate, Hermes, Nephthys, Tuoni, Macaria, Orcus, Aita, Mania, Guédé, Ghede, Baron Samedi, Santa Muerte, Chernobog, etc. The Horned God, Cernnunos, Herne the Hunter
Other Symbols
death, the dead, ancestors, transformation