Encyclopedia - List Of Pagans: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Pagans - Wicca/witchcraft/eclectic/various
List of pagans - Wicca. Adler, Margot - author, journalist, Wiccan Priestess and Elder, NPR correspondent in New York City Beyerl, Pau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Semitic Pagan
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Modern Western Mythology
In addition to the gods listed elsewhere, there are several mythological beings spoken of in current Western culture. The Grim Reaper - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism
Reconstructions of the traditions of Germanic paganism began with 19th century Romanticism. From the 1960s, various Neopagan movements ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paganism: Encyclopedia - Paganism
Paganism (from Latin paganus) and Heathenry are catch-all terms which have come to connote a broad set of spiritual/religious beliefs and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beltaine Album: Encyclopedia - Beltaine Album
Beltaine is the debut album by Goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus. It is named after the neopagan festival Beltane. Beltaine album - Track...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia - List Of Deities
This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia - Neopaganism
Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) describes a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vespertine: Encyclopedia - Vespertine
Vespertine, released in August of 2001 is an album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk. This album saw Björk creating an intr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia - Goddess
A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a "god". A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cremation: Encyclopedia - Cremation
Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. This often takes place in a crematorium or crematory. Cremation and burial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Egyptian
Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood: Encyclopedia - Blood
Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). Medical terms related t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal
Magic or sorcery are terms referring to the alleged influencing of events and physical phenomena by supernatural, mystical, or paranormal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - History
The first modern attempt at revival of ancient Germanic religion took place in the 19th Century during the late Romantic Period amidst a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontifex Maximus - Origins, Duties, And Development Of The Pagan Pontifices
In the Roman Republic, the Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the polytheistic Roman religion, which was very much a state cult. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontifex Maximus - Origins Duties And Development Of The Pagan Pontifices
In the Roman Republic, the Pontifex Maximus was the highest office in the polytheistic Roman religion, which was very much a state cult. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Paganism - Etymology
Paganism - Pagan. The term pagan is from Latin paganus, an adjective originally meaning "rural", "rustic" or "of the country". As a nou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Paganism - Terminology
Paganism - Common Word Usage. The term has historically been used as a pejorative by adherents of monotheistic religions (such as Judai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Paganism - Notes
1. ^  The semantic development of post-classical Latin paganus in the sense "non-Christian, heathen" is unclear. The dating of this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Paganism - Neo-pagan Religions
Paganism - Neopaganism. Main articles: Neopaganism, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia Ii - Pontifex Maximus - Legacy
Pontifex Maximus - Christian usage. In Christian circles, when Tertullian furiously applied the term to Pope Callixtus I, with whom he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Finland-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Finland-related Topics - History
Main article: History of Finland Finland's language strife Fennoman Finnish mythology Finnish paganism Foreign relations of Finland ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Institutions: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Institutions - Charitable Or Rescue Organizations
List of fictional institutions - Religious charities and foundations. Faith Heritage Alliance - The Dead Zone (TV series) Young Men's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Christianity - Timeline
In the 4th century some Germanic tribes, notably the Goths, adopted Arianism. From the 6th century, Germanic tribes were converted (and r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Christianity: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Christianity - Characteristics
Unlike the history of Christianity in the Roman Empire, conversion of the Germanic tribes took place "top to bottom", in the sense that m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guido Von List: Encyclopedia Ii - Guido Von List - Biography
He was born in Vienna in the Austrian Empire to Karl Anton List, a prosperous middle class leather goods dealer, and Maria List. He grew ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Islands Of The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Islands Of The United States - Insular Areas
List of islands of the United States - Inhabited. Swains Island Ofu Island Ta‘ū Island Rose Atoll Olosega Island Aunu‘u Island T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guido Von List: Encyclopedia Ii - Guido Von List - Ideology
List was strongly influenced by the Theosophical thought of Madame Blavatsky, which he blended with his own Wotanist religion and Germani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oh My Gods!: Encyclopedia Ii - Oh My Gods! - Characteristic Features
Characters have died in the course of the story and remained so, in a departure from the convention of comic strip comedy. Elements of fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oh My Gods!: Encyclopedia Ii - Oh My Gods! - Recurring Characters
Oh My Gods! - Main Characters. Stan - The standard lead character and main troublemaker. Vera - The feisty female who also works at th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Odin And Jesus
The 13th century eddaic account of Odin likely contains some Christian elements. The scene where Odin hangs from a tree as a sacrifice to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Persisting Beliefs In Odin
Snorri Sturluson's record of the Edda is striking evidence of the climate of religious tolerance in medieval Iceland, but even he feels c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Modern Age
Odin - Modern popular culture. Main article: Odin in popular culture With the Romantic Viking revival of the early-to-mid 19th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Characteristics
Odin is an ambivalent deity; Old Norse (Viking Age) connotations of Odin lie with "poetry, inspiration" as well as with "fury, madness": ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Origins
Worship of Odin dates to Proto-Germanic paganism. The Roman historian Tacitus probably refers to Odin when he talks of Mercury. The reaso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Seid
The goddess Freyja is described as an adept of the mysteries of seid (shamanism), a völva, and it is said that it was she who initiated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Blót
It is attested in primary sources that sacrifices were made to Odin during blóts. Adam of Bremen relates that every ninth year, people a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Edda
According to the Prose Edda, Odin was a son of Bestla and Borr and brother of Vé and Vili and together with these brothers he cast down ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Terminology
Germanic neopaganism - Ásatrú. Ásatrú is an Old Norse compound derived from Ása, the genitive of Áss, which refers to the Aesir, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Distribution Of Adherents
Today, Germanic Neopaganism is practiced primarily in Scandinavia, Germany, Britain, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Small comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Factions
Besides the Norse/Germanic mythology at its core, Heathenry has regional varieties of emphasis, often from the subjective interpretations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Tenets
Germanic Neopagan organizations generally favor democratic and republican forms of church government, as inspired by the parliamentary Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Germanic Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Germanic Neopaganism - Artistic Output And Influence
Grown out of 19th century Romanticism, the Viking revival had associations with the Gothic novel and Romantic art such as the Pre-Raphael...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - History
During Christianization, Christianity became itself suffused by pagan elements, but it was not until the High Middle Ages that interest o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Historical Sources
Many Neopagans and Neopagan traditions attempt to incorporate historical religions and mythologies into their beliefs and practices, ofte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Pantheon
Most Neopagan traditions are polytheistic, but the interpretation of the concept of deity may vary widely, including pantheistic, deist, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Worship And Ritual
Many Neopagan movements overlap with occultism, witchcraft and magic. Wicca in particular emphasizes the role of witchcraft and ritual. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Number Of Adherents
Adherents.com estimates there are one million Neopagans. It is necessary to define clearly who is included in any estimate, as Neopagan c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Concepts Of Divinity
While today's Neopaganism does continue many beliefs and practices of previous forms of Paganism, including many gods and goddesses, it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Traditions
A sect within Neopaganism is sometimes referred to as a "tradition," although this term is more properly used to define a sect within a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Usage Of The Term 'neopagan'
The term "Neopagan" is used by academics and adherents alike to denote those Pagan traditions which are largely modern in origin, or whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Shamanic Traits
The goddess Freya is described as an adept of the mysteries of seid (shamanism), a völva, and it is said that it was she who initiated O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Worship
Details of the Migration period of Germanic religion are sketchy, reconstructed from artefacts, sparse contemporary sources, and later th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Migration Period
The Anglo-Saxon tribes brought their pagan faith to England around the 5th and 6th centuries and continued in that form of worship until ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Viking Age
Scandinavian Óðinn emerged from Proto-Norse *Wōdin during the Migration period, Vendel artwork (bracteates, image stones) depicting th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Medieval Reception
As the chief god of the Germanic pantheon, Odin received particular attention from the early missionaries. For example, his day is the on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Revivals
With the Romantic Viking revival of the early-to-mid 19th century, Odin's popularity increased again. Wotan is a lead character in Richar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Etymology
The attested forms of the theonym are traditionally derived from Proto-Germanic *Wōđanaz[1] (in Old Norse word-initial *w- was dropped ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wodanaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Wodanaz - Odin And Mercury
Less is known about the role of Odin as receiver of the dead among the more southern Germanic tribes. The Roman historian Tacitus probabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - History
During Christianization, Christianity became itself suffused by pagan elements, but it was not until the High Middle Ages that interest o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Historical Sources
Many Neopagans and Neopagan traditions attempt to incorporate historical religions and mythologies into their beliefs and practices, ofte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Pantheon
Most Neopagan traditions are polytheistic, but the interpretation of the concept of deity may vary widely, including pantheistic, deist, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Worship And Ritual
Many Neopagan movements overlap with occultism, witchcraft and magic. Wicca in particular emphasizes the role of witchcraft and ritual. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Number Of Adherents
Adherents.com estimates there are one million Neopagans. It is necessary to define clearly who is included in any estimate, as Neopagan c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Concepts Of Divinity
While today's Neopaganism does continue many beliefs and practices of previous forms of Paganism, including many gods and goddesses, it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Traditions
A sect within Neopaganism is sometimes referred to as a "tradition," although this term is more properly used to define a sect within a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Usage Of The Term 'neopagan'
The term "Neopagan" is used by academics and adherents alike to denote those Pagan traditions which are largely modern in origin, or whic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-defamation League: Encyclopedia Ii - Anti-defamation League - Criticism Of Reporting On Pagan Symbols
The ADL publishes lists of symbols used by anti-semitic groups. [14] Included in these publications are several pagan symbols that were u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heathenry: Encyclopedia Ii - Heathenry - What Heathens Do
Many of the ritual forms of blót - making an offering - and sumble (or symbel)- a ritual of toasting - are discussed under Asatru. Indee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natib Qadish: Encyclopedia Ii - Natib Qadish - Deities
Many of the Deities revered by Canaanite Pagans include the Deities listed in the Ugaritic texts found in modern-day Ras Shamra around 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Waterboys Album: Encyclopedia Ii - The Waterboys Album - Songs
"A Girl Called Johnny" had been released both as a seven inch and as a twelve inch single in March of 1983, preceding the album by four m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess - New Religious Movements
Goddess - Wicca and Neopaganism. Wiccan practice generally includes veneration of the Great Goddess along with the Horned God, though D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess - Indo-european Religion
Goddess - Hinduism. Hinduism is a complex of various belief systems that sees many gods and goddesses as being representative of and/or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess - Abrahamic Religions
Monotheist cultures, which recognise only one central deity, generally do characterize that deity as male, implicitly already grammatical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess - Ancient Near East
Goddess - Egypt. Main articles: Egyptian religion, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], and [[{{{5}}} ... See also:Godde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess - Secular Use
The term "goddess" has recently found an ever more popular and secular use to describe female sex appeal the males succumb to. Young sing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cremation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cremation - Reasons For Choosing Cremation
People choose cremation for a variety of reasons, including religious reasons, other personal reasons, environmental reasons, and cost. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cremation: Encyclopedia Ii - Cremation - Cremation Process
Cremation - Cremation furnace. The place where the cremation takes place is called crematorium. The crematorium consists of one or more...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil War: Encyclopedia Ii - Civil War - Premodern Civil Wars
Civil war - Religious conflicts. Civil wars fought over religion have tended to occur more frequently in monotheistic societies than in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perkūnas: Encyclopedia Ii - Perkūnas - Challenges In Reconstructing The Mythology
The information about Perkūnas is very sketchy and incomplete. Lithuanians did not develop their own writing system so all the myths, st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Terrorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Terrorism - History
In Europe during the middle ages, acts that would be described as Christian terrorism in the modern definition may include the invasion a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanistry - Origins
The Tainiste was chosen from among the heads of the roydammna or "righdamhna" (literally, those of kingly material) or alternatively amon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tanistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Tanistry - Origins
The Tainiste was chosen from among the heads of the roydammna or "righdamhna" (literally, those of kingly material) or alternatively amon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood - Anatomy Of Blood
Blood is composed of several kinds of corpuscles; these formed elements of the blood constitute about 45% of whole blood. The other 55% i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood - Physiology Of Blood
Blood - Production and degradation. Blood cells are produced in the bone marrow; the process is termed hematopoiesis. The proteinaceous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood - Health And Disease
Blood - Ancient medicine. Hippocratic medicine considered blood one of the four humors (together with phlegm, yellow bile and black bil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood - Mythology And Religion
Due to its importance to life, blood is associated with a large number of beliefs. One of the most basic is the use of blood as a symbol ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moloch: Encyclopedia Ii - Moloch - Moloch In Literature
In Milton's Paradise Lost, Moloch is one of the greatest warriors of the rebel angels, vengeful and militant, "besmeared with blood ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Coren: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Coren - Political Controversies
His most controversial opinions involve issues surrounding the role of Judeo-Christian ideals in Canadian political life. He has drawn he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Birmingham: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Birmingham - Judaism
0.2% of Birmingham's residents identify themselves as Jews. This is lower than the average figure for England and Wales of 0.5%. Birmingh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Etymology
The word magic ultimately derives from Magus (Old Persian maguš), one of the Zoroastrian astrologer priests of the Medes. In the Helleni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Varieties Of Magical Practice
Magic paranormal - Magical intentions. There are several historical varieties of magical practice. Generally, magical intentions can be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religion, Paganism, And Alchemy
The conceptual relationship between religion and magic is similar to the relationship between "religion" and Paganism, whereas "religion"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religion Paganism And Alchemy
The conceptual relationship between religion and magic is similar to the relationship between "religion" and Paganism, whereas "religion"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Religious Attitudes Towards Magic
Magic paranormal - Indigenous traditions. Appearing from aboriginal tribes in Australia and New Zealand to rainforest tribes in South A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - History Of Western European Magic
Magic paranormal - Magical beliefs in Western Europe. Belief in various magical practices has waxed and waned in European and Western h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Paranormal: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Paranormal - Modern Believers In Magic
Many people in the West claim to believe in or practise various forms of magic. The forms of magic they adhere to have been reconstructed...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kabbalah: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Kabbalah
Kabbalah: (1) A Hebrew word for “collected teachings,” referring to several different lists of books and manuscripts on va...   » Read the article