The mos.ru report covers some unique items in the collection. The garden sculpture of the Kuskovo Estate is a unique ...

When the Romans conquered Celtic territories, two Roman festivals were combined with Samhain: Feralia, a day to honour the dead, and Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees. This blending of ...

Ghost and ghouls. Witches and brooms. A holiday marked on the calendar, where children chant “Trick or Treat.” Halloween a ...

From Samhain, it wasn’t just costumes. If you’ve bobbed apples at a Halloween party, it actually originated from honoring Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. Many Roman traditions ...

Pomona was the Roman goddess of fruitful abundance and fertility, and hence, it is argued, apple bobbing's ties to love and romance. In one version, the bobber (usually female) tries to bite into ...

Pomona: Honoring Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees, this festival inspired the tradition of apple bobbing, which became associated with Halloween in later centuries. These Roman influences ...

Another was the festival of Pomona, named after the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The apple, a symbol of Pomona, likely ...