pagan tradition
Pre-Christian ritual practice
Pagan tradition refers to religious or spiritual practices rooted in pre-Christian, polytheistic, or nature-based belief systems.
The phrase covers both historical practices—Celtic, Norse, Roman—and modern revivals like Wicca and Druidry.
The bonfire ritual draws on pagan tradition.
Often contrasted with Abrahamic religions, pagan traditions typically emphasize seasonal cycles, ancestor veneration, and connection to the natural world.
- polytheismBelief in multiple deities
- wheel of the yearPagan seasonal festival calendar
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
ancestor veneration · nature spirits · ceremony · storytelling · sacred groves · standing stones · divination · equinox · fire festivals · sacred fire · harvest festival · feast days · goddess worship · shamanism · folk magic · chants · animism · Norse mythology
pagan traditionChristianity
Faith based on Jesus
Christian tradition · church doctrine · monotheism · Judeo-Christian tradition · Abrahamic faith
pagan traditionorganized religion
Structured communal belief systems
established church · religious hierarchy · papal authority · state religion
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