Where did that term originate from?
2007-11-02 17:25:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh my favorite. Haha
http://www.wyrdwords.vispa.com/heathenry/callusheathen.html
We had Heathen far before the Christians used it as an insult. We are Asatru, those you follow the Old Norse/Germanic ways.
We are Heathen. Hail the Gods!
2007-11-02 17:30:55 · answer #1 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Heathen comes from a term basically meaning "of the heath" or "dwellers of the heath" and originally referred to country dwellers. Later on it came to refer to anyone who didn't follow any of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). Today it's an umbrella term describing a variety of reconstructionalist and recon-inspired religions based on pre-Christian pagan beliefs, mostly referring to those of the Northern European traditions like the Norse, Anglo-Saxons, Saami, Prussian, and Icelandic/Germanic peoples. And we call ourselves that proudly.
2007-11-02 17:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by Abriel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heathen - people of the heath
Pagan - people of the hills (Pagus - Greek for hill)
2007-11-02 17:28:40 · answer #3 · answered by Cuchulain 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hard heads, people hard to learn. People that won't accept the truth. People that can't distinguish the truth and reality from fables and dreams. I'm not sure where the term originated from, but it goes way back thousands of years.
2007-11-02 17:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
OOOOOOOOO,,,, if I could only ask ol' King James!!!!!
2007-11-02 17:32:20 · answer #5 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋