Paganism, gods and goddesses aside, is the most LGBTQ-affirming faith in the US (RNS) — But some pagans say more visibility for trans and gay members of a largely white, mostly ...

From the Egyptian god Osiris to the Greek god Dionysus, among others, resurrection and rebirth have been a fairly common theme among religions and mythology. The Story of Pagan Easter Is About ...

Paganism strongly emphasises equality of the sexes. Women play a prominent role in the modern Pagan movement, and Goddess worship features in most Pagan ceremonies. Pagan theology ...

Neither did early Christians acquire the notion that pagan symbols, filled with Christian content, meant that pagan gods and goddesses should be worshipped. In fact, ...

That term refers to the general worship of Nordic gods and goddesses, and Asatrú has been officially recognized as a religion in Iceland since 1972. In tracking whether certain groups have ties to ...

The gods and goddesses had specific domains of power over human activity: Aphrodite/Venus presided over love, Artemis/Diana over hunting and childbirth, Ares/Mars over war, and so forth.

Another common argument is that Easter traditions such as rabbits and decorating eggs were pagan fertility symbols. Some modern pagans even claim, without evidence, that the worship of Ostara ...

Red and gold are the colors of the God, the male aspect of the creator; green and silver are the colors of the goddess, ... as a pagan, do not mind sharing my symbols and traditions with Christians.

Titania ThunderLily, center, holds the maypole as Pagan revelers wrap red-and-white ribbon around it for a Beltane festival in May 2023, at the Aquarian Tabernacle Church in Index, Washington.