For the Vikings, Germanic tribes, and other pagan peoples of pre-Christian Europe, this celebration, known as Yule, was originally meant to honor the winter solstice. The Yule or Yuletide ...
the traditional wild flower crowns and fortune-telling rituals date back to Slavic paganism. Noc Kupały (Kupała Night), Przemyśl, photo: Waldek Sosnowski / Forum Ancient Greeks and Romans as well as ...