Pagans have many different beliefs. Rider believes in Norse traditions with an emphasis on gods like Odin and Thor. Others ...

To analyse the growing interest in UK folklore and mythic history, Ivor Starkey treads the path of traditions of the past to ...

The heady world of the early Christians began with Jewish followers of Jesus and later became dominated by Romans attracted ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...

Toilet gods — deities associated with these essential yet often overlooked aspects of daily life — have been venerated in ...

IN the first and second of the “Remember the sabbath day” series, we established that the true Sabbath day is Saturday, the seventh day, not Sunday which is the first day of the week. This was ...

New Year's Eve was celebrated in ancient times, contrary to what some may believe. It was among the most universal pagan ...

I keep a notebook of all the books I read, and at year’s end I take stock. This year, I read 40 books, down significantly ...

Nosferatu crystallizes a theme which runs throughout Robert Eggers’ work about digging up, and surrendering to, the old pagan ...

Roman Pagan celebrations in December hold major similarities to modern-day Christmas festivities, but how did they come to be?