Germanic Paganism 1000 AD

Out of curiosity I wonder how many Pagans were still left in Frisia, Saxon and the British Isles around the year 1000 AD. Don't count the Vikings with this.

I know the area was Christianised between 800 and 900. But I wonder if there are still some.
 
Very hard to say absolutely though when areas are declared to be Christianised. Can we say there was those who practiced explicitly, maybe. There is evidence that is happened throughout Scandinavia and there was some revivals amongst the elite in England. As for those practicing in secret it could have never ended if a group called the Odin Brotherhood is absolutely legitimate in it's doctrine. A couple of my contacts in Norway and Sweden who are fellow Heathens claim that their families have been practicing since the secularisation of their countries and at least some of the ancestors never gave away the old ways. Could there be some like them outside the North Germanic world, maybe but it would more likely be seen as folk custom rather then religion. It is just one of those things, we just simply don't know 100%.
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Yup, like @English Nationalist said, as "folk customs", I'm sure it was still pretty much alive by that point in time. As an official / political thing, probably still below the surface somewhere, as something some aristocrats may have been discussing with a degree of ambivalence, e.g. when talking about the Viking expansions.
 
What definition of Pagan are you using?
For some regions all converting to Christianity did was change a few names used in worship by the average person. That would change with time of course.

If however we're going with officially not recognising Christianity and "promoting" non Christian religion then your answer will be "very few and isolated". In Frisia and Britain these are likely to be remnants of Viking settlers.
 
Very hard to say absolutely though when areas are declared to be Christianised. Can we say there was those who practiced explicitly, maybe. There is evidence that is happened throughout Scandinavia and there was some revivals amongst the elite in England. As for those practicing in secret it could have never ended if a group called the Odin Brotherhood is absolutely legitimate in it's doctrine. A couple of my contacts in Norway and Sweden who are fellow Heathens claim that their families have been practicing since the secularisation of their countries and at least some of the ancestors never gave away the old ways. Could there be some like them outside the North Germanic world, maybe but it would more likely be seen as folk custom rather then religion. It is just one of those things, we just simply don't know 100%.
I hope this can be of some use for you.
My great grandmother was from norway and members of her family in remote areas were christian but still believed in the old gods
 
My great grandmother was from norway and members of her family in remote areas were christian but still believed in the old gods

I guess it isn't only a Turkish thing then. My parents are from Central Anatolian villages and I've noticed a lot of pre-Islamic Turkic elements like words and things they do.

With regards to Norway, as far as I know Scandinavia didn't really Christianise fully until the early 13th century. Like, you could still find a village in Southern Sweden with a Church and stuff but still worshipping old Gods. Not considering the Sami people.

Now I wonder, around 1000 AD, were there still Saxon and Frisian villages to worship old Gods. Not counting the Vikings though. Same I wonder with Scotland, in the area where royal authority is low.
 
I guess it isn't only a Turkish thing then. My parents are from Central Anatolian villages and I've noticed a lot of pre-Islamic Turkic elements like words and things they do.

With regards to Norway, as far as I know Scandinavia didn't really Christianise fully until the early 13th century. Like, you could still find a village in Southern Sweden with a Church and stuff but still worshipping old Gods. Not considering the Sami people.

Now I wonder, around 1000 AD, were there still Saxon and Frisian villages to worship old Gods. Not counting the Vikings though. Same I wonder with Scotland, in the area where royal authority is low.
You said that in turkey there are pagan leftovers. In hebrew there is saying "elohim adirim" "elohim" litteraly means gods and ''adirim'' is plurall for "adir" meaning mighty.
So we actually are saying ''mighty gods"
 
Good point for those who practice any of the Abrahamic faiths @marcus antonios as such individuals should remember that Judaism was for a long time Henotheistic (Associated with a single deity but recognised others). There are other inheritances from the Canaanite faith as well as absorptions from the Mesopotamian religion such as Angels (a concept also found throughout other faiths).

Now as I already said in my first post @Koprulu Mustafa Pasha -
Very hard to say absolutely.... [it] is just one of those things, we just simply don't know 100%.
Therefore Scotland would be no different but considering the region was officially Celtic Christian it is safe to say yes but there would be a change in semantics. Looking at neighbouring Ireland for example, a great number of people today absolutely crap themselves over the mere mention of Fairies. A cultural inheritance far older then a great many things we consider to be ancient. Carrying on further, up until Vatican II you would have found a great number of aspects in the ritual that remain from the days of the worshippers indigenous faith.
 
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