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2. Paganism - Wikipedia

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   Modern pagan traditions often incorporate beliefs or practices, ... Since Hellenic culture was the dominant pagan culture in the Roman east, they referred to pagans ...

3. Norse rituals - Wikipedia

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   Norse religious worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse religion was a folk religion (as opposed to an organized religion), and its main purpose was the survival and regeneration of society.

4. Anglo-Saxon paganism - Wikipedia

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   The right half of the front panel of the 7th-century Franks Casket, depicting the Anglo-Saxon (and wider Germanic) legend of Wayland the Smith. Anglo-Saxon paganism, sometimes termed Anglo-Saxon heathenism, Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian religion, Anglo-Saxon traditional religion, or Anglo-Saxon polytheism refers to the religious beliefs and practices followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the 5th ...

5. The mystical pagan traditions still celebrated in Sweden at ...

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   The Midsummer maypole tradition dates from the Middle Ages, while the summer solstice celebration can be traced to Norse pagan times, when the culture revolved around the mystical natural world.

6. Modern paganism - Wikipedia

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   Pagan ritual can take place in both a public and private setting. [70] Contemporary pagan ritual is typically geared towards "facilitating altered states of awareness or shifting mind-sets". [79] To induce such altered states of consciousness, pagans use such elements as drumming, visualization, chanting, singing, dancing, and meditation. [79]

7. 30 Christmas Traditions From Around the World - AOL

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   “Due to the enduring influence of pagan traditions, Christmas celebrations in Belarus blend Christian customs with elements of folk rituals,” the national tourism agency says, noting that most ...

8. Germanic paganism - Wikipedia

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   A female ritual specialist named Gambara appears in Paul the Deacon (8th century). [316] A gap in the historical record occurs until the North Germanic record began over a millennium later, when the Old Norse sagas frequently mention female ritual specialists among the North Germanic peoples, both in the form of priestesses and diviners. [317]

9. Modern paganism in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Modern paganism in the United States is represented by widely different movements and organizations. The largest modern pagan (also known as neo-pagan) religious movement is Wicca, followed by Neodruidism. Both of these religions or spiritual paths were introduced during the 1950s and 1960s from Great Britain. Germanic Neopaganism (also known as Heathenry) and Kemetism appeared in the US in ...