'''Gau BeltzaJony'''<ref>{{Erreferentzia|izenburua=Zer da?|hizkuntza=es|url=http://gaubeltza.eus/zer-da/|aldizkaria=Gau Beltza|sartze-data=2020-10-31}}</ref> edo '''''Halloween''''' ({{NAF|ˌhæləˈwin, -oʊˈin, ˌhɒl-}} [[ingeles]]ezko ''{{lang|en|All Hallows' Evening}}'' —«Santu Guztien arratsaldea»— izenaren kontrakzioa;<ref name=Contraction>{{erreferentzia|izenburua=A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest Times: From the Union of the kingdoms, 1706, to the present time|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=YVgJAAAAIAAJ&q=Hallowe'en+contraction&dq=Hallowe'en+contraction&hl=en&ei=Y6i8TtXJOcargwe2lN28Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBDgK|argitaletxea=Blackie|egilea=Thomas Thomson, Charles Annandale|urtea=1896}}</ref> ingelesez ''Hallowe'en'' edo ''{{lang|en|All Hallows' Eve}}'' —«Santu Guztien bezpera»— ere deitua)<ref name=Christianity3>{{erreferentzia|izenburua=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopædia of World Religions|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ZP_f9icf2roC&pg=PA408&dq=all+hallow's+eve+christian+origin&hl=en&ei=dUyvTrfhIYetgwen5YiCAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false|argitaletxea=Merriam-Webster|urtea=1999}}</ref> urtero [[urriaren 31]]n munduko hainbat lekutan ospatzen den [[jai]]a da, [[Hilen Eguna|Arimen Eguna]] euskal jaiaren antz-antzekoa.<ref>[http://www.ahotsak.com/albisteak/halloween-euskal-ohitura-zaharra/ «Nork esan du Halloween euskal ohitura zaharra ez denik?»], ''Ahotsak.com'', 2013-10-31.</ref><ref name="halloween3" /><ref>Oier {{maiuskula_txiki|Araolaza}}: [http://eibar.org/blogak/oier/2012-halloween-euskal-festa-bat-da-iv «Halloween Resurrection 2012: Halloween euskal festa bat da (IV)»], ''Dantzing'' bloga, 2012-11-02.</ref> [[Kristautasun|Kristau]] [[egutegi]]aren [[Santu Guztien Eguna]]ren aurreko gauean ospatzen da, hilak, [[martiri]]ak eta [[santu]]ak gogoan izateko egunetan.<ref>{{erreferentzia|izenburua=Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned|urtea=2006|url=https://archive.org/details/dontknowmuchabou00kenn_0|egilea= Davis|argitaletxea=HarperCollins|orrialdea=[https://archive.org/details/dontknowmuchabou00kenn_0/page/231 231]}}</ref>
Ikerlari askoren iritziz, Halloweenen jatorria [[zelta|zelten]] [[uzta festibal]] baten [[kristautze]]a da,<ref name=Evolved>{{erreferentzia|izenburua=BBC – Religions – Christianity: All Hallows' Eve|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|argitaletxea=[[BBC|British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)]]|urtea=2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.history.com/topics/halloween "Halloween."] ''History.com''</ref> hots, ziurrenik jatorri [[paganismo|paganoa]] du, batez ere [[gaelikoak|gaeliar]] [[Samhain]] jaian.<ref name=Christianity3 /><ref name=Christianity1>{{erreferentzia|egilea=Nicholas Rogers|izenburua=Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=stWZ_UDteMIC&pg=PA22&dq=halloween+christian+holy+day&hl=en&ei=wCiwTu-tN8j00gGJ5bjGAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CG8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=halloween%20christian%20holy%20day&f=false|argitaletxea=Oxford University Press|urtea=2002}}</ref><ref name=Christianity2>{{erreferentzia|izenburua=Austrian information|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9FU7AQAAIAAJ&q=all+hallow's+eve+wear+masks+Christian+souls+vengeance&dq=all+hallow's+eve+wear+masks+Christian+souls+vengeance&hl=en&ei=u1CvTtjjFOKHsAKEudDkAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA|urtea=1965}}</ref> Beste ikerlari batzuen ustez, jaia ez zen Samhainetik etorri, eta jatorri guztiz kristaua du.<ref name=BBC>{{erreferentzia|izenburua=BBC – Religions – Christianity: All Hallows' Eve|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/halloween_1.shtml|argitaletxea=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)|urtea=2010}}</ref>
