Those working for the Ahnenerbe project set out to prove that the Aryan race was descended from Nordic gods, and spent vast ...

What about eggs and rabbits, are they pagan symbols too? We are sometimes led to believe the ... Several days of our week and months of our year are named after Norse gods, except for Saturday which ...

but also of death and resurrection—a perfect fit for both pagan spring festivals and Christian Easter. In ancient Celtic and Norse traditions, hares were believed to be shape-shifters—creatures that ...

in truth trees on which messages are hung are more commonly associated with folklore or paganism. The “Tree of Life” comes from Norse mythology. And the fact is that the symbol of Christianity is a ...

but held onto his cross as a symbol of fidelity to the one true God – something which saved him from being sacrificed to the pagan gods of the Vikings. Now within the second season of Vikings we see ...

Swedish archaeologists uncovered a rare 1,100-year-old Viking coffin grave containing weapons near Linköping, describing ...

with the marked cross on top a symbol of Christian faith. But it hasn't always been this way. The rolls, often filled with dried fruit and spices, actually have pagan roots. Historians say they ...

Excavations also found several earlier cremation burials underneath and around the Viking-era grave, the report said. The latter burial might have been added on top as a way of consecrating an older ...

likely as a symbol of nature and rebirth. But this pagan tradition was eventually absorbed into Christianity, with the egg coming to symbolize the empty tomb and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.