Alternatively, the scallop resembles the setting sun, which was the focus of the pre-Christian Celtic rituals of the area.

Many local carnival customs are based on local pre-Christian rituals, for example the elaborate rites involving masked figures in the Swabian-Alemannic carnival.

He notes that "Pilgrims to the sacred caves practise every form of African religion from pre-Christian Basotho ritual and medicine to independent Apostolic to established mission church Christianity."

Adam of Bremen's description of the sacrifices and the cultic centre in Uppsala is the best known account of pre-Christian rituals in Sweden.

Knowledge about pre-Christian rituals in Scandinavia is composed mainly from fragments and indirect knowledge.

Several tales from the sagas contain remains of pre-Christian rituals.

Throughout the novel, Mackay Brown contrasts the inevitable nature of Magnus's fate with the symbolic significance of pre-Christian ritual, including human sacrifice.

On display in this unprepossessing museum's fourth floor, these intricately designed eggs (pysanky) are handmade folk art whose roots extend back to pre-Christian rituals originally associated with the onset of spring.

The Slavic names may describe the appearance or character of the person, may constitute a wish or even stem from pre-Christian conjuring rituals and meant not to attract the evil spirits.

There is certainly no evidence that it is a pre-Christian ritual, as is often claimed.