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The Pagan Origins of Christmas

If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” ...
Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...
Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...
I joined a 'sacrifice' ritual outside Stockholm – and found that the revival of Norse paganism reflects broader battles over identity and climate anxiety, says investigative journalist Siri Christians ...
VikingFest returned this year to the Castle Bridge Event Center, attracting fans of Norse mythology and local artisans ...
Scholars reveal that much of what we think we know about Vikings and Norse mythology is based on later reinterpretations rather than original sources.
As of today, Christianity is the most dominant religion in Germany, with a high rate of atheism in the East. This, however, has not always been the case, as there have been notably other religions and ...
The ancient Norse pagan god Odin is recorded in such sources as the “Poetic Edda,” the “Ynglinga saga,” and the “Prose Edda.” In Norse mythology, Odin is associated with symbols such as a spear, ring, ...
DENVER (KDVR) — Residents in the northwestern mountains of Colorado could see more motorcyclists than normal over the weekend. It’s a gathering planned by the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, dubbed an ...