Who do pagans and wiccans worship?

Question

I thought they worshiped satan, but do not. So who?

Answer 1

they dont believe in Satan let alone worship him

there are so many branches of Paganism , that have so many different deities in each
they are usually related to ancestry
if someone is perhaps Irish by decent then they may worship one of the Irish Celtic deities
or they may feel drawn to a religion and deity ... they may feel an affinity with perhaps Egyptian or Roman Gods/Goddesses
it is all a very personal and individual thing

Answer 2

Well, they don't worship Satan. Someone who does is called a Satanist. Pagans and wiccans worship the spirits of nature and the old gods that represent a time when people lived more in harmony with nature than they do now.

Answer 3

That all depends on the pagan. They worship different gods/goddesses. Wiccans may or may not worship gods and goddesses from different groups. Most other groups worship the gods and goddesses of that group - Asatru, for instance, worship the Germanic/Norse gods/ddesses. There are those that worship the Egyptian, Celtic, Roman, Greek, etc deities. Satan isn't in any of the myths (religious stories) that I know of, so there isn't any worship of him being done. You have to believe in Satan to worship him - I figure you have to be Christian to believe him.

Answer 4

What do Wiccans Worship?

Wiccans traditionally worship two dieities in the form of the Goddess and God. Since Wicca has it's origins in ancient fertility religions, it is not surprising to have these symbols in modern interpretations.
The Goddess is representative of the feminine aspect of life. The God (often portrayed as a Horned God), sometimes referred to as the Goddess' consort, is the male aspect.
Various traditions depict them in various forms, except for Feminist Wicca, which worships only a Goddess.

http://www.angelfire.com/nv/scharff/wicca.html


What do Pagans believe in?
A: Pagan beliefs are very, VERY varied. Some pagan beliefs, which are widespread, but certainly not universal, are:

Reincarnation and karma

A belief in magic

Desires to revere, honor, and respect the Earth as a sacred being. Many pagans are environmental activists.

Polytheism; the belief in many deities. Also, many pagans belief that Divinity is manifest and inherent in everything in the universe (pantheism)

A belief that the animal world and Nature is filled with gods and spirits (animism)

Many pagans believe that although Divinity is genderless, it is convenient to worship Divinity in both a masculine and feminine form. Hence, many pagans worship both the God and the Goddess.

Q: Are Wiccans, Witches and Pagans the same thing?

A: No. All Wiccans are Pagan, but not all pagans are Wiccan. Just as all Catholics are Christian, but not all Christians are Catholic. Wicca is a religion, witchcraft is a practice. Many Wiccans do practice witchcraft, but many Wiccans don’t. And many witches do not consider themselves Wiccan.

http://www.geocities.com/nf_pagan_society/faq.html#Q9

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

There are many different religions and philosophies that are under the umbrella category of "Pagan". And Wiccans worship the Gods and Goddesses, or God and Goddess according to the pantheon of their Tradition, or one of their own creation.

Many worship the God and Goddess as equals, some worship the Goddess and acknowledge the God as her consort, but concentrate primarily on the Goddess. Others worship in different ways.

Some Pagans work to reconstruct the religion of their ancestors and worship the Gods and Goddesses of their ancestors. Many people of Celtic and Germanic descent respectively are doing this.

Who Pagans or Wiccans worship pretty much depends on the Pagan or Wiccan.

Answer 6

Depends on the type of Pagan. Typically, each individual Pagan religion comes with it's own pantheon. For example, Kemeticism follows the Egyptian gods, Asatru follows the Norse gods, etc.

Though, as Jonjon pointed out, "worship" isn't *exactly* the right word, in the sense that most Christians might use the word. "Honor" is perhaps a bit more accurate.

Personally, as a Celtic Reconstructionist, I follow the gods of the ancient Irish: Manannan, Lugh, Brigid, Morrigan, etc.

Answer 7

LOL Where do you guys get this stuff?

For your pagans it depends on thier tradition (denomination)
Hellenist worship the Greek gods, Kemetics the Egyptian, ect.
I'm Asatru or Heathen. I honor the Norse gods such as Frigga, Freyja, Odin, Thor, Tyr, Freyr, etc. No satan in the bunch. Sorry.
But hey if makes Christians feel better about thier god to put down other gods, more power to them. I pity thier small world.

edit: For the record not all paths are earth based. Asatru tend to be ancestor worship based. Not much earth involved.

Answer 8

I too, looked it up on the Internet and thought Earth.
You should tell the sites they're wrong. I just looked
it up to give an answer to see if anyone would comment
about Christianity.
Christianity "stole" their religion anyway so some say,
right? Heathen Daughter, you don't need to pity my
"small world" as you put it. I said Earth anyway, not
Satan.
According to what I have read on Yahoo, some think
True Christians should not pass out candy to kids on
Halloween and hate gays. Well, I pass out candy and
have a couple gay friends.
BTW, if some refuse to believe that there are evil people
and some do weird things, even on Halloween, that's up
to them.
I never tell people they are going to hell regardless but
I think some use that as an excuse to lump us all the same
and to dislike us.
I am new but I know one thing now, I am only going to stick
to the Christians asking other Christians posts from now on when I come on R&S. If they start judging me, I won't
go there either.

Answer 9

Satan?!? Have you been living under a rock... yeesh.

Paganism encompasses a lot of religions that have sprouted from every culture. There are countless pagan deities, ranging from Bacchus and Flora (my favorites) to Isis and Horus.

Wicca specifically has no absolute set of deities. Speaking generally, there's the horned god and triple goddess who sort of represent male and female forces in general terms. Most Wiccans choose their own deities as opposed to just making vague allusions to the "Lord and Lady".

Answer 10

I worship life.

I'm a Taoist in my spiritual philosophy, so that makes me atheist - I view deities as archtypes and metaphors and symbols, not as real beings.

But I celebrate the pagan holidays because it's an excellent expression of celebrating life, and every step in the life cycle. I also like their elemental symbols and the balance between them and between the male and female energies.

But it all boils down to celebrating, which is a form of worshipping life. It's life I honor, celebrate, am in awe of, feel happy about, sing the praises of.