Samhain
| File:4-07-Great-Pumpkin-SW-samhain.jpg Screencap from 4.07 It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester: Samhain is exorcized. | |
| Name | Samhain |
| Actor | Don McManus |
| Dates | Samhain wad Exorcised centuries ago-He was later Exorcised in 2008 by Sam Winchester |
| Location | Sent Back to Hell by Sam Winchester |
| Occupation | Special Demon |
| Episode(s) | 4.07 It's The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester |
The Demon Samhain in Supernatural
The demon Samhain can be summoned by two powerful witches through three blood sacrifices over three days, the last on the final day of harvest, which is the 31st of October, Halloween. Once Samhain has risen, he is able to raise ghosts, zombies, and ghouls and unleash them onto the world.
Samhain is the origin of Halloween. When he rained on earth, people kept their children in that night. People wore costumes to hide from him, carved pumpkins to worship him and left sweets at their doors to appease him.
Samhain, once summoned by Tracy Davis and Don Harding, possesses the dead body of Don Harding. When he enters the body, the corpse's irises turn milky white, while his pupils stay black, marking him as a different kind of Demon than has appeared on the show before. His unique eye colour may mean that he is somewhere between the white eyed demons, such as Lilith, and the black eyed demons such as Ruby.
In , 4.09 I Know What You Did Last Summer, Anna Milton has a sketch of Samhain in her sketchbook, along with the phrase, 'SAMHAIN HAS RISEN, ANOTHER SEAL IS BROKEN!'.
Powers and Abilities
In the episode "The Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester" Samhain shows multiple abilities. Sam tells Dean that Samhain, if risen, will have the ability to raise monsters such as zombies and demons to do his bidding. This is proven when Samhain locks a group of students in a mausoleum and zombies attack them. Also, he seems to share with Lilith the ability to have the fiery white light emanate from his palms.
Samhain
Samhain - actually pronounced "sa-win" - originated as a Celtic end of summer and harvest festival and was named after the Celtic name for the month. It later became associated with the Christian All Souls' Day, also known as the Day of the Dead. Some of the rituals associated with Samhain are now seen in Halloween traditions.
