1/n #Pagan roots of #Christmas Traditions.
Let's first talk about the #Santa’s Sleigh & the Wishes for Peace
Illustration: F.O.C. Darley (1822-1888).
Let's first talk about the #Santa’s Sleigh & the Wishes for Peace
Illustration: F.O.C. Darley (1822-1888).
2/n According to Germania of Tacitus (98 AD) , the goddess Herthum (Mother Earth) rides a sleigh type wagon pulled by yoked oxen.
Wherever she went, came the festivity & peace.
Read snippet from translation of Thomas Gordon
Wherever she went, came the festivity & peace.
Read snippet from translation of Thomas Gordon
3/n Here is the painting of Herthum/ Nerthus done by Emil Doepler in 1905 AD.
With time Nerthus got replaced by Freya and Frigg, the two other Nordic Goddesses.
With time Nerthus got replaced by Freya and Frigg, the two other Nordic Goddesses.
4/n This is a very interesting page that cites Goddess Freyja to be arriving in Värend on Christmas Night.
The source is: Schön, Ebbe. (2004). Asa-Tors hammare, p. 227-228
Ebbe Schön find that till 18th century all addressed her as "Mother Christmas".
newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Freyja#c…
The source is: Schön, Ebbe. (2004). Asa-Tors hammare, p. 227-228
Ebbe Schön find that till 18th century all addressed her as "Mother Christmas".
newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Freyja#c…
5/n So what exactly was making these Christians too celebrate "Mother" till the 18th century?
This gets explained by Bede the Venerable, a 7th Century Monk at Church. He talks about Mōdraniht (Mothers' Night) in his work De temporum ratione.
This gets explained by Bede the Venerable, a 7th Century Monk at Church. He talks about Mōdraniht (Mothers' Night) in his work De temporum ratione.
6/n According to Bede, Mōdraniht (Mothers' Night) was an event observed by Anglo-Saxon Pagans at what is now known as the Christmas Eve.
Snippet is from English Translation by Faith Wallis which is called "Bede, The Reckoning of Time".
Snippet is from English Translation by Faith Wallis which is called "Bede, The Reckoning of Time".
7/n Along with Mother's night, other Pagan Traditions which were absorbed by the Churches are as below:
1) Saturnalia
2)Yule (celebration of the children born after Mothers' Night)
3) Koliada (celebration of the sun goddess)
4) Disablot(midwinter festival honoring the disir)
1) Saturnalia
2)Yule (celebration of the children born after Mothers' Night)
3) Koliada (celebration of the sun goddess)
4) Disablot(midwinter festival honoring the disir)
8/n 5)Festival of Sol Invictus (Mithra)
There are abundant resources explaining the relations but the question arises why suddenly Romans began to appropriate the Pagan Festivals?
There are abundant resources explaining the relations but the question arises why suddenly Romans began to appropriate the Pagan Festivals?
9/n Christians deliberately did this.
They thought: If Christmas looked like a pagan holiday, more pagans would be open to both the holiday and the God whose birth it celebrated.
Well explained in this article biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-c…
They thought: If Christmas looked like a pagan holiday, more pagans would be open to both the holiday and the God whose birth it celebrated.
Well explained in this article biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-c…
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