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|actor= [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573134/ Don McManus]|dates= Exorcised centuries ago ???? – 1408 ([[exorcised]])<ref name="four07">[[4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester]]</ref><br> Exorcised in 2008 (exorcised by [[Sam Winchester]])<ref name="four07" />

|occupation= [[Demon]] [[Demon Mutations|Upper-class DemonMutation]]<br>The Lord of the Dead<ref name="essential">[[The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester]]</ref>|episodes= [[4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester]] }}{{Quotation|title=|text= Dean, Samhain is the damn origin of Halloween. The Celts believe that October 31st was the one night of the year when the veil was the thinnest between the living and the dead, and it was Samhain’s night. I mean, masks were put on to hide from him, sweets left on doorsteps to appease him, faces carved into pumpkins to worship him. He was exorcised centuries ago.|author= [[Sam Winchester]]|source= [[4.07 It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester]]

==History==Samhainis a special type of [[demon]] or more a "[[demon mutation]]<ref name="essential">[[The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester]]</ref>". When he reigned on Earth on Halloween night, also known as people kept their children inside and wore masks to hide from him, carved pumpkins to worship him, and left sweets at their doors to appease him. In this way, Samhain was the origin of modern-day Halloween. He was known to have had brother and sister [[witch]]es serving him; these witches would later be known by the aliases [[Don Harding]] and [[Tracy Davis]]. At the time, is Samhain took Tracy for a lover as well as a special type of demonservant. In 1408, Samhain was [[exorcise]]d by an unknown force.<ref name="four07" />

When he reigned on Earth Samhain can be summoned out of the confines of [[Hell]] by two witches through three human sacrifices over three days, the last of which must occur on the final day of Celtic harvest, the 31st of October, the American Halloween night, people kept their children in that night. This ritual can only be attempted every 600 years. As such, Samhain's servants had to wait and prepare until the year 2008 before they wore costumes could attempt to hide from raise himagain. They succeeded, carved pumpkins to worship himbut Don was killed for the third sacrifice and Tracy was murdered by Samhain himself, and left sweets at their doors to appease himwith Samhain using Don's corpse as his host.<ref name="four07" />

He can be summoned to Earth by two Samhain's rise is one of [[the 66 Seals]] holding [[witchesLucifer's Cage]] through three blood sacrifices over three days. The summoning of the demon in 2008, during the last of which must occur on time the final day of harvestseals were being broken by [[Lilith]]'s forces, which is broke this seal despite the 31st efforts of October, Halloween. Once Samhain has risen, he is able to raise ghosts, zombies, the hunters [[Sam]] and ghouls [[Dean Winchester]] and unleash them onto of the world[[angels]] [[Castiel]] and [[Uriel]]. <ref name="four07" />

In 2008, ==Characteristics==Samhain was summoned by Tracy Davis and has pale gray (or possibly blue<ref>''[[Don HardingSupernatural: Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting]]''</ref>) irises, black pupils, and white sclerae.<ref name="four07" />. His unique eye color is possibly be due to his poor eyesight. He used the dead body could be classified as a third [[white-eyed demon]] as Anna Milton's drawing of him possessing Don Harding as a Vesselshows him displaying white eyes. When Howsoever, he enters the body, the corpse's irises turn milky white, while his pupils stay black, marking him classified as a different kind of [[Demondemon mutation]] than has appeared on together with the show before. His unique eye colour may mean that he is somewhere between the white eyed [[Acheri demons]], such as the [[LilithSeven Deadly Sins]], and also the black eyed demons such as [[RubyCroatoan Virus]].<ref name="essential">[[The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester]]</ref>

===Powers and abilities===* Demonic energy – Samhain can emanate a demonic blast of white energy from his palms that can decimate almost any target.<ref name="four07" />* [[Anna MiltonNecromancy]] has a sketch – As the Lord of the Dead once on Earth, Samhain in her sketchbookcan raise supernatural creatures such as [[ghosts]] and [[zombies]] at will, along with without the phrase, 'SAMHAIN HAS RISEN, ANOTHER SEAL IS BROKEN!'use of any [[spell]]s.<refname="four07" />* Superhuman strength and durability – Samhain strength power far exceed that of regular demons. He was shown to be resitant to [[iron]] as well as the [4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer[demon-killing knife]]when Sam slices his arm. If Sam realized that the whitish-eyed demon is as he self said "So, this demon’s pretty powerful", he has been hinted that Samhain may have been truly immune to it's killing power. <ref name="four07" /ref>

==Powers and Abilities=Weaknesses===*Like Lilith, [[Demon-killing knife]] – While the knife was able to cause Samhain can emanate a demonic white blast of energy from his palms that can decimate structuresgreat pain, destory supernatural creatures along with humans except for it is unknown if it could have killed him. As Sam Winchester who is self said "Might take more than the usual weapons" that means that Samhain maybe truly immune to his and LilithRuby's powersknife.* [[Exorcism]] – Like all demons, Samhain can be exorcised back to Hell. While in Hell, the ritual to raise Samhain can only be attempted once every 600 years.<ref name="four07" />*Poor Eyesight – Unusual for a [[demon]], Samhain 's eyesight is telekeneticincredibly poor. In this way, he can be tricked by obstructions to people's faces (e.g. blood, allowing him a mask) into believing them to move be dead or non-human, and influence objects with his mindleaving them alone.<ref name="four07" />*[[Special Children]] – [[Sam Winchester]] was shown to be immune to Samhain's white light attack and was able to [[Exorcism|exorcise]] Samhain, once with his powers even when low on Earth[[demon blood]], can summon supernatural creatures like: ghosts, zombies, etcalbeit with great concentration and difficulty.<ref name="four07" />

==Episodes==[[File:SamhainExorcism.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Samhain's [[meatsuit]] after being [[exorcise]]d by [[Sam]].]]===[[4.07 It's The the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester]]===Wanting to summon Samhain, two [[witches]] named [[Tracy Davis]] and [[Don Harding]] (actually centuries-old siblings) start performing the sacrifices needed to summon Samhain. This draws the attention of the Winchesters and the [[angel]]s as the raising of Samhain is one of [[the 66 Seals]]. [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] kill Don, but Tracy reveals herself and successfully summons Samhain, breaking the seal. Samhain possesses Don's body and recognizes Tracy before killing her. Samhain is unable to tell that Sam and Dean are alive due to a "mask" of blood they smeared on their faces so he leaves them alone.Coming Soon!Samhain travels to a mausoleum where a bunch of high school students are having a party, locks them in and summons [[zombie]]s and at least one [[ghost]] that attack. Sam and Dean rescue most of the kids and Dean deals with the monsters while Sam faces Samhain. Sam proves immune to Samhain's power so they fight hand to hand, but even with the [[demon-killing knife]], Sam is no match for the [[demon]]. Finally, in the end, Sam manages to [[exorcise]] Samhain with his powers and sends him back to [[Hell]]. ===[[4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer]]===A drawing of Samhain can be seen in Anna Milton's journal. The description says "Samhain. The next seal is broken." In Anna's drawing, Samhain's eyes are completely white, implying that Samhain may be classified as a third white eyed demon.

Samhain - actually properly pronounced "sa-win" - originated as opposed to how the [[demon]]'s name is pronounced in the show (which is as spelled). It is the name of a Celtic festival that originated as an end of summer and harvest festival and was named after the Celtic name for the month. It later became associated with the Christian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls'_Day All Souls' Day], also known as the Day of the Dead. Some of the rituals associated with Samhain are now seen in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween Halloween] traditions.

==Trivia=Links=* Samhain may be classified as a third [[white-eyed demon]], but unlike Lilith and [[Alastair]], his eyes have pale gray irises and black pupils, possibly due to his poor eyesight. Howsoever, Samhain self is etablished to be the Lord of the Dead and an [[demon mutation]] alongside the [[Acheri demons]], the [[Seven Deadly Sins]], the [[Croatoan Virus]]. [[<ref name="essential">[[The Essential Supernatural: On the Road with Sam and Dean Winchester]]</ref>* [[Tracy Davis]]'s complaint about her experiences when waiting 600 years to summon her master indicates that Samhain was [[exorcise]]d in the year 1408. 1+4+0+8 also adds up to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number) the number 13], which has a number of meanings but is most notorious as an unlucky number to the superstitious. ==External links==* [http://www.religioustolerance.org/hallo_sa.htm The myth Myth of Samhain: Celtic god God of the deadDead]* [http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/Samhain.html Celebrating the seasonsSeasons: Samhain]

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