Halloween: Symbolism and Traditions
"Children's literature that embraces the holidays carries traditions that allow the child to express its imagination and self-expression"
Halloween literature is a vehicle that carries numerous images that may be interpreted to be unsuitable for children. With strong ties to the pagan rituals of the Celtic tribes and today's practices of Wicca it is quite apparent why the previous statement may have merit. As literature, regarding this holiday, progressed so has the distance between the Wicca and Celtic relationship and the holiday being celebrated tod…
