Sinister winged creatures will arrive at Calton Hill on the night of Samhuinn Fire Festival to serve Winter’s cause. They are the Valravn, treacherous raven-like entities that… Read more “Scouting and scavenging with the winged Valravn”
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How the Samhuinn story helps us embrace change
As the cold season begins its descent, we look at the parts of our festival story that help us face difficult transformations.
Adorning the crone goddess in our Samhuinn Fire Festival poster
Dive into the beautiful artwork for our Winter festival poster and the story that it tells.
Embracing the descent – facing the darkness together with our Cailleach
Our Cailleach introduces herself before her appearance at this October’s Samhuinn Fire Festival.
An attraction of opposites – kinship and rivalry between the Summer King and Winter King
Introducing our Summer King and Winter King, who battle it out for dominion over the seasons at Samhuinn Fire Festival.
“I’m called into my body”: Dancing the Cailleachan
One of our performers shares her personal experiences of learning to dance with the Cailleachan.
Families can celebrate Samhuinn with spooky games and stories
Get into the Hallowe’en spirit at Family Samhuinn, a bone chilling afternoon of scary stories and drama games.
