Who can name all the gods?

Question

that the pagan tradition of christmas originated from?

Answer 1

There are too many to name.

"The birth of the sacred child is a tradition that reaches far beyond Jesus. The rebirth of the sun god is depicted again and again in ancient mythology: Horus, Tammuz, Adonis, Saturn, and Mithra, to name a few. The story is nearly the same; the son of the great god is born to bring us into a new era. Most are celebrated at Winter Solstice, the time when the winter days are at their shortest and begin to lengthen once more as we head back toward spring – the return of the sun. Although the coldest and harshest days of winter lie ahead, the hope inherent in the sun's return is celebrated worldwide."

Answer 2

Many mainstream Christmas traditions stem from original Pagan practices. Though Christian origins and associations have been attributed to many of these traditions, they do in fact pre-date Christianity.

Yule Log - A special log was chosen on the eve of Yule, for the holiday fire. A small piece from last year's log is used to light the fire. The lighting of the fire was a festive family event, to hurry the return of the sun. Charred pieces from the fire would be kept to protect the house through the coming year. The woods most often sought for the Yule log were birch, oak willow or holly. Today, the Yule log is sometimes represented as a log cake instead. Or a small log is decorated with candles. The burning of the Yule log is a well-known tradition, but it's not often done outside of the Pagan community anymore.

Kissing Under Mistletoe - The roots of this habit are unknown, but is likely tied with the fertility aspects of mistletoe and that it was viewed as a bringer of peace by the Druids.
Mistletoe was also a powerful healing herb. Mistletoe and kissing are also seen in one of the Norse myths: Frigga is the Norse Goddess of love, marriage and fertility. Her son, Balder was slain by Loki with an arrrow made from mistletoe. When Balder was restored to life, Frigga blessed the mistletoe and gave a kiss to anyone who passed under it. Some later versions of this tradition say to remove one berry with each kiss. When there are no more berries on the sprig of mistletoe, no more kisses.

Tree Decorating - There is some debate on the origin of this tradition. Druids (and some other ancient cultures) saw evergreen trees as symbols of everlasting life, because they seemed to live through the winter undaunted by the cold. So using evergreen branches as decorations symbolized the undying strength of the Sun. Decorating the trees may have come from the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia

Answer 3

Depends, stretching all the way back to Zarathustra the winter solstice was the traditional date of the creation/birth of Mithra the right hand (original holy spirit) of Ahura Mazda. But this in turn was already established far before 1500BC by the ancient farmer/pagan/muti-god beliefs of the Hindu from which Zarathustra's reform came.

Answer 4

You mean gods born on December 25th?

Mithras, Osiris, Tammuz, Attis, Heracles

I cant think of any more right now, but there are many more. The tradition of celebrating the day comes from the days getting longer and welcoming back the sun.

Answer 5

Well, the Oak King, who is born at Yule, and Kriss Kringle, the German Pagan God of Yule, also Apollo, Ra, Odin, Lugh, The Horned One (NOT SATAN, because we don't believe in him), The Green Man, The Divine Child, and Mabon to name just the Gods. I'm sure there are many more. The Goddesses celebrated at Yule are Brighid, Isis, Demeter, Gaea, Diana, and The Great Mother. I am sure there are many more of them as well.

But based on your other answers, I don't really think you're interested in what we believe.

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Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#Pre-Christian_winter_festivals

Pre-Christian winter festivals

A winter festival was traditionally the most popular festival of the year in many cultures, in part because there was less agricultural work to be done during the winter. From a religious point of view, Easter was the most significant feast in the church calendar.
Christmas was considered less significant, and the early church opposed the celebration of birthdays of church members. The prominence of Christmas in modern times may reflect the continuing influence of the winter festival tradition, including the following festivals:

Saturnalia
Disputed representation of Christ in the form of the sun-god Helios or Sol Invictus riding in his chariot. Third century mosaic of the Vatican grottoes under St. Peter's Basilica, on the ceiling of the tomb of the Julii.

In Roman times, the best-known winter festival was Saturnalia, which was popular throughout Italy. Saturnalia was a time of general relaxation, feasting, merry-making, and a cessation of formal rules. It included the making and giving of small presents (Saturnalia et Sigillaricia), including small dolls for children and candles for adults. During Saturnalia, business was postponed and even slaves feasted. There was drinking, gambling, and singing, and even public nudity. It was the "best of days," according to the poet Catullus. Saturnalia honored the god Saturn and began on December 17. The festival gradually lengthened until the late Republican period, when it was seven days (December 17-24). In imperial times, Saturnalia was shortened to five days.

Natalis Solis Invicti

The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, "the birthday of the unconquered sun." The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped collectively, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the god of Emperor Aurelian (AD 270-274); and Mithras, a soldiers' god of Persian origin. Emperor Elagabalus (218-222) introduced the festival, and it reached the height of its popularity under Aurelian, who promoted it as an empire-wide holiday.

December 25 was also considered to be the date of the winter solstice, which the Romans called bruma. It was therefore the day the Sun proved itself to be "unconquered" despite the shortening of daylight hours. (When Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC, December 25 was approximately the date of the solstice. In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21 or 22.) The Sol Invictus festival has a "strong claim on the responsibility" for the date of Christmas, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. Several early Christian writers connected the rebirth of the sun to the birth of Jesus. "O, how wonderfully acted Providence that on that day on which that Sun was born . . . Christ should be born," Cyprian wrote.

Yule

Pagan Scandinavia celebrated a winter festival called Yule, held in the late December to early January period. Yule logs were lit to honor Thor, the god of thunder, with the belief that each spark from the fire represented a new pig or calf that would be born during the coming year. Feasting would continue until the log burned out, which could take as many as twelve days. In pagan greater Germany, the equivalent holiday was called Mitwinternacht (mid-winter night), Wintersonnenwende (winter solstice) and there were twelve Rauhnächte (harsh or wild nights), filled with eating, drinking and partying. As Northern Europe was the last part to Christianize, its pagan celebrations had a major influence on Christmas. Scandinavians still call Christmas Jul. In English, the Germanic word Yule is synonymous with Christmas, a usage first recorded in 900.

Answer 7

? The origins of Christmas lie in the Pagan festival of Horus , which took place on December 25th

Answer 8

Too many to name all of them, but the main ones are Mithra, Jupiter, Zeus, Apollo, Julnik, Odhinn, Frey, Dionysus, Cronus, There are plenty more. I suggest you look at this website.

Answer 9

The living God is the only God.

The rest fall under idols; names do not matter if they have eyes and can not see, hears and can not hear...a mouth that can not speak.

The celebration of Christmas is for the birth of Jesus Christ.

Pagan celebrate the winter solstice, not Christmas.

Answer 10

nobody because pagan means non chriatian, which mean you would have to include japanese gods, hindu gods, sumerian, native american ect.


and all of them had some kinda celebration with winter and wintr solace...