Bylinas - oral folk epics - fused Christian and pagan traditions.

Let her be the destroyer of these pagan traditions.

This once pagan tradition has since merged with the Catholic celebration of Carnival.

Between 1630 and 1640, the Catholic Church carried on a campaign to suppress surviving pagan traditions connected to All Saints' Day and its eve.

Is the witch, or Goddess worshiper of today, in touch with a living, unbroken though suppressed, pagan religious tradition?

They represent a mix of Christian and pagan traditions, by being both personifications of the liturgical calendar and fairy-like patrons of the wilderness (zâne).

His holiday is traditionally celebrated on December 25, as are several gods associated with the winter solstice in many pagan traditions.

It was even suggested by Jan Długosz that cymbals which were played in procession before her represented some pagan Lithuanian tradition.

What she believes in - Wicca - is a pagan spiritual tradition that is growing nationwide.

Christianity's claims of exclusivity, as the sole true religion, meant abandoning pagan traditions.