celtic vs norse paganism

With the earth turning green again, and plants getting leaves out of nowhere, it doesn’t seem such an illogical step to represent the god responsible for this as a green man surrounded by leaves.Joseph Campbell, autor of a popular book with the title As a matter of fact, Germanic and Celtic cultures have been in close contact during a long time.

All of this does not deny close contact and back and forth influence through time, as the days of the Nords and Pelasgians stretch far into prehistory, their true myths becoming subject to mutation as they became the latter tribes we are more familiar with: Pelasgians) Greeks, Italics (including Romans, Etruscans etc. The Asatru movement began in the 1970's, as a revival of Germanic paganism.

I had a pretty good idea that a lot of the modern ideas about the Scandinavian people was pretty skewed.

Stack Exchange network consists of 177 Q&A communities including I would like something that gives a good scope of the religions as a whole, I suppose.Also a plug for thelongship.net to learn more about the basics of modern (inclusive!) Discuss the workings and policies of this site Anybody can ask a question It is technically inaccurate in most cases to claim a connection/ difference between Celtic and Norse/Germano-northern European myth considering the absence of written records during the time of a fully realised, living breathing Celtic pagan tradition before the mass conversion to Christianity and/or Despite this, for the discerning scholar, even the surviving myths, folk tales and legends recorded in works such as the Cath Maige Tuired and the Lebor Gabála Érenn of Irish myth, and the Four Branches of the Mabinogi of the Welsh; all of which were written during the Middle Ages (prior to the Norse invasions) and after the Christian conversion, adapted from a muddled and compromised oral tradition stooped in taboo.

heathenryTheir reading list has a lot of good book recommendations too, some of which also include information on Celtic paganism.Please start with looking into their culture first.

Ancient Celtic religion, commonly known as Celtic paganism, comprises the religious beliefs and practices adhered to by the Iron Age people of Western Europe now known as the Celts, roughly between 500 BCE and 500 CE, spanning the La Tène period and the Roman era, and in the case of the Insular Celts the British and Irish Iron Age.

Shortly afterwards, the Asatru Free Assembly was formed in the United States, although they later became the Asatru Folk Assembly. However, there is no solid scholarly evidence that the symbol is the Celtic symbol for feminine spirituality. In Iceland, the Norse gods are making a particularly strong comeback and Nordic paganism is now Iceland’s fastest growing religion. An example: The celtic god Taranis’ name (meaning “thunderer”) is likely connected to Norse Thor (and Anglo-Saxon Thunor, German Donar, all from Common Germanic Thunraz meaning “thunderer”).

In similarity to the Celts’ belief in the Celtic Otherworld, the Norse peoples believed in a pagan afterlife too. It is almost impossible to truly define the differences between "Norse Paganism" and "Germanic/Saxon Paganism" as there is no true Norse or Germanic Pagan cannon. It's understandable that they would pick up the old mythology of the places they invaded.

His introductory video was very nice, I'll definitely be watching through his channel. I don't know the shape my path will take in the future, if I will be a Celtic Pagan who honors the Norse, or if I'll have a fully syncretic path, or something else.

But there is more: in Norse mythology, the mother of Thor is Fjörgynn. Nords) Celts, Scandinavians/Norse (N. Germanic), Germans (S. Germanic ~ Anglos, Saxons, Goths etc. Mythology & Folklore Stack Exchange works best with JavaScript enabled