pagan origins
Pre-Christian ancestral sources
Pagan origins refers to the pre-Christian or non-Abrahamic roots of customs, symbols, or holidays that were later absorbed into religious or secular traditions.
The phrase appears most often in discussions of Christmas trees, Easter eggs, Halloween, and wedding rituals: The Christmas tree has pagan origins in Germanic winter festivals.
Sometimes invoked to delegitimize traditions or, conversely, to reclaim them.
- ancientVery old indeed
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- wheel of the yearPagan seasonal festival calendar
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- winter solsticeShortest day, longest night
spring equinox · druid · heathen · folklore · mythology · festival · sacred · standing stones · worship · tribal · sacred grove · nature · goddess · harvest · harvest moon · fertility · bonfire · ancestor
- religious criticismbiblical criticism, problem of evil, theodicy, contradictions, hypocrisy
- maypole dancingMay queen, flower crown
- Weekday LoreSunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday