Samhain (band) of Danzig. Both Samhain and its successor, Danzig, use the same horned skull image originally drawn by artist Michael Golden for the cover of the 1984 comic book "The Saga of Crystar" No. 8, published by Marvel Comics. The font often used in the name logo of Samhain, and later Danzig, is taken from the film "The Giant Gila Monster". Danzig took the name of the band from the ancient Celtic New Year: Samhain, the origin of the modern Halloween. The band's name is typically pronounced "sam-hane", though when the word occurs in song lyrics, Danzig himself pronounces it "sah-win",
Mongfind Ireland, whom she is said to have killed with poison in a bid to make her son king. She drank the poisoned drink to convince Crimthann, and died soon after at Samhain. According to "Cormac's Glossary", she was a goddess the pagan Irish worshipped on Samhain. This was also called the "Féile Moingfhinne" i.e. "Festival of Mongfind". Later legend, as documented in Patrick Weston Joyce's "Social History of Ancient Ireland", makes her a banshee. A prominent hill called "Cnoc Samhna" ("Hill of Samhain") or "Ard na Ríoghraidhe" ("Height of the Kingfolk") in County Limerick is associated with a tale linked