Samhain

"You're not a God I am now"

- Retro and Samhain

Samhain, or Sam, is an Old god who aligned himself with the New Gods.

Background
Samhain was worshipped on the 31st of October, as a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest festival and the beginning of winter. Special foods were offered to the dead, with the festival believed to be when the barrier between the living and the dead was at its thinnest. The festival of Samhain was also a festival of blood and sacrifice, where people were sacrificed to ensure a bountiful harvest

Samhain was feared as the Lord of Darkness. When early Christianity took over Britain and Europe however, the festival of Samhain was taken and turned into All Saints Day, later becoming All Hallows Eve, and by the 20th century became the modern festival of Halloween.

Significance in series
Media sends Retro to find Samhain in Hollywood, where Samhain works as a screenwriter for Horror movies. Samhain explains to Retro his after his festival was morphed into All Saints Day and later All Hallows Eve, the New Gods aided him, helping the holiday of Halloween. With the halloween drawing in millions of participants and followers, Samhain gained power once again, becoming a god in his own right. Now, one night a year, he is 'worshipped' once again. However, unlike Eostre, Samhain has wholeheartedly joined the New Gods.

Trivia

 * While Samhain is a harvest celebration and not a god, he is being treated as a personified god within the series.