Paganism (Noun)
Meaning
Any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- Ancient civilizations in the Middle East often blended various forms of paganism in their religious practices.
- Greek and Roman societies viewed each other's rituals and beliefs as similar examples of pre-Christian paganism.
- Over the years the symbol, used initially for European fertility gods associated with a pan-European variety of Paganism had later adaptations during Celtic resurgence era resulting distinctly across diverged channels spanning five territories deep geologically separate long even older symbol representations.
- The cultural traditions of folk and neo-paganism as represented in books and folklore written in the era of romanticism resulted in revivals of ancient pantheon being incorporated into various forms of Paganism among New Age believers today.
- Even until the emergence of Christianity a thousand years later widespread examples of Paganism could have been traced through folk festivals folklore music and myths surviving European emigration at that time.