So, in the Ancient Past, before the rise of Monotheistic religions such as Christianity and Islam, many states such as Persia, Egypt, Rome, all worshiped various gods and goddesses, that by the modern standard, are considered Pagan. When Christianity and then Islam rose, these ancient religions became mythologies and legends.
In the modern-day, there are small revivalist Neo-Pagan movements for Ancient Religions, such as Hellenism and Kemetism, while other mythologies are worshiped as folk-religions.
If you were to save one, and only one, Pagan religion, to still be worshipped to this day, which one?
The list includes some of the popular choices:
1. The Pagan religion doesn't have to be the official religion of a country. Just surviving to the modern day, like Zoroastrianism. Speaking of which...
2. Zoroastrianism doesn't count, as it is already an Ancient Religion that survived to this day. A surviving Zoroastrian Iran is an entirely different subject, saved for another thread.
3. Neo-Pagan movements, such as Roman Polytheistic Reconstructionism, Hellenism, Slavic Native Faith, Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, or heathenry, as well as modern eclectic traditions such as Wicca and its many offshoots, Neo-Druidism, and Discordianism, does not count. We're talking about the Original Paganism being saved, and surviving to this day, not so the various revivalist movements taking over.
4. * Yes, I know that usually that Roman and Greek mythologies are lumped together as "Greco-Roman Mythology", but for fun, I'm keeping them separate.
In the modern-day, there are small revivalist Neo-Pagan movements for Ancient Religions, such as Hellenism and Kemetism, while other mythologies are worshiped as folk-religions.
If you were to save one, and only one, Pagan religion, to still be worshipped to this day, which one?
The list includes some of the popular choices:
- Celtic polytheism
- Germanic paganism
- Ancient Greek religion*
- Norse Religion
- Ancient Egyptian Religion
- Ancient Roman Religion*
- Lithuanian paganism
- Slavic paganism
- Other
1. The Pagan religion doesn't have to be the official religion of a country. Just surviving to the modern day, like Zoroastrianism. Speaking of which...
2. Zoroastrianism doesn't count, as it is already an Ancient Religion that survived to this day. A surviving Zoroastrian Iran is an entirely different subject, saved for another thread.
3. Neo-Pagan movements, such as Roman Polytheistic Reconstructionism, Hellenism, Slavic Native Faith, Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, or heathenry, as well as modern eclectic traditions such as Wicca and its many offshoots, Neo-Druidism, and Discordianism, does not count. We're talking about the Original Paganism being saved, and surviving to this day, not so the various revivalist movements taking over.
4. * Yes, I know that usually that Roman and Greek mythologies are lumped together as "Greco-Roman Mythology", but for fun, I'm keeping them separate.