Tagarchief: Christmas

Germanic mythological influences up to today’s Christmas celebrations

Geplaatst op 22 , dec, 2016 door Christadelphians

In a few days time lots of people celebrate Christmas, for some a holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, though he was born in October, for others it is the time to celebrate the Wild Hunt, the widely … Lees verder →

Geplaatst in Being Christian, Christendom, History & Events, Jesus Christ Jeshua Messiah, Religion, Trinity, World | Tags: 17° Century, 25 December, 325, 451, 7° Century, American folklore, Ancestral cult, Christmas, Christmas elf, Christmas gift-bringer, Christmas traditions, Christmas tree, Christmastide, Constantine I, Council of Chalcedon (451), Council of Ephesus (431), Council of Nicaea I (325), Creed of Constantinople (381), Cronus (Greek agricultural deity), Cyril of Alexandria (Christian theologian), Dioscorus (patriarch of Alexandria), European folklore, Eutyches (archimandrite of the Eastern Church), Eutychianism, Father Frost, Germanic mythology, Goblin (kobalos or wandering sprite), Hail Zeus, Hob (mythological household spirit), Incarnation of Jesus, Issou, Louisa May Alcott, Martin Luther, Mary (mother of Jesus), Midwinter celebrations, Migration Period, Monophysite doctrine, Mōdraniht (Night of the Mothers), Nature of Jesus, Nestorian doctrine, Nestorians, Nestorius (bishop of Constantinople), Nicene Creed, Norse paganism, Odin (Wōden-Wōdan or Wōtan), One God, Pagan rituals, Persecution of Christians, Position of Jesus, Pre-Christian midwinter celebrations, Rabbi Jeshua, Roman Catholic Church, Romans, Saint Boniface, Santa Claus or Father Christmas, Santa Claus's reindeer, Saturn (Roman agricultural deity), Scandinavian mythology, Sinterklaas, Sleipnir (Odin's eight-legged horse), St. Nicholas of Myra, Theotokos (God-bearer), Tome by Leo I, Tomtenisse (Tomten - nisse or tonttu=Scandinavian mythological creature), Tri-une godhead, Viking Age, Virgin Mary, Wild Hunt, Winter solstice, Yule-tree, Zeus | 13 reacties