"Norway and the Nordic countries have a pagan heritage to be somewhat proud of. A heritage that few have been aware of," says Males. We are not talking about Snorri Sturluson. Even though he is the ...

Whether it’s torchlit processions, folk dances or modernised pagan rituals, these events take you far off the beaten path into Europe’s cultural heart. Bonfires and blessings: Medieval ...

(Fittingly, storks return to Europe from Africa about 9 months after the summer solstice.) After the founding of the Polish state and the simultaneous introduction of Christianity to its territory in ...

Historian Bettany Hughes uses the latest scholarship to examine the 2nd century AD, as pagan Europe began to embrace Christianity and the role of women in worship changed forever ...

However, the Pagan Lady was buried in a Christian cemetery with this fine necklace. The beads came from far and wide - Britain and Europe - and some were 300 years old when the Pagan Lady wore the ...