If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” ...

A 1,000-year-old cemetery discovered near Kyiv, Ukraine, is presumed to have a pagan history. Researchers found some skeletons with buckets on their feet and elaborate rings around their necks. The ...

Valentine's Day is almost here, but it wasn't always the heart-filled, card-giving, chocolate-gifting holiday we know today. Here's everything you should know about the history of the beloved holiday ...

It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults suppressed by Roman authorities. The story goes that, after Christianity became ...

The term "Paganism" may conjures up images of witches or other occult practices. If so, learning more about the history of Paganism, as well as its modern forms, is probably a good idea right about ...

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 ...

Easter arrives this year on Sunday, April 17, 2022, but if you think Easter started as a Christian holiday, think again. The history and origins of how Easter began aren't rooted in what Christians ...