Nicholas Rogers (2002). Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-516896-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=stWZ_UDteMIC&pg=PA222023年9月3日閲覧. "In fact, there is no hard evidence that Samhain was specifically devoted to the dead or to ancestor worship, despite claims to contrary by some American folklorists, some of whom have presumed that the feast was devoted to Saman, god of the dead. Certainly, the feast was linked the the mythical peoples of Ireland."
Halloween - OrthodoxWikiより"Halloween or Hallowe'en(a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening", or All Hallows' Eve) is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries by non-Orthodox Christians,"および"Orthodox Christians observe All Hallows' Day on the First Sunday after Pentecost"