Pagan origins of Christmas

It may shock some of you to learn that Jesus may not have actually been born in December. December 25 was originally the birthday of Egyptian God Horus, a popular deity for Roman soldiers. On campaign the Romans introduced elements of this cult to Europe, combined with local Celtic rituals and imagery. The gift-giving and games came from the Roman feast of Saturnalia, and mistletoe was a sacred plant for the Druids. As for the fattened goose, this was originally a whole roast ox sacrificed at the new year to the pagan gods and eaten to bring good luck

Using this logic,Julius Augustus Caesar was ex. Mithra believer.Inside "slavic" countries all around the Balkans,we celebrate on 25 December KoLeDe....Somehow it's name says me,it was connected with Sun solstice circle!Sun's(Circle's) image praise/s(you,he/she/it).


Edited by medenaywe - 29-Dec-2011 at 13:30

Also will fear Sun never comes again!Imagine it,Cyrus!YuLeDe=Fearsome Image praises!

Both words praise the day with shortest light period in the year:first one praises the Sun revival,other one reminds us about consequences with fear!People that "invented" Christianity had belonged on both groups Egyptian&Persian and screenplay dating had started earlier than Rome happened on Earth.I believed idea about this had been ignited with Alexander the Third.Among the rest nobody knew that he had started first official state combining of population:Egyptian&Persian.This one could have pronounced themselves Romans.In fact RoMe/RoMa had Egyptian roots.Name speaks:root's of mine.Both groups had practiced pagan religions.





Edited by medenaywe - 21-Dec-2011 at 13:45

Do you know what the Persian word for "Mithraeum" is? My another thread about Shahr (Old Persian Xshathra) and Sharab (Xshathrapa) can be a hint.

Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri Do you know what the Persian word for "Mithraeum" is? My another thread about Shahr (Old Persian Xshathra) and Sharab (Xshathrapa) can be a hint.

You have been asked by me cause of that.If we lived Ancient Persia times,you would have been  Mithra's  Throne!Am I right?

In Spain Nativity scenes often feature a representation of a peasant taking a crap to fertilise the earth. I'm not sure what this custom's origins are, but it doesn't sound very Christian

Originally posted by Nick1986 In Spain Nativity scenes often feature a representation of a peasant taking a crap to fertilise the earth. I'm not sure what this custom's origins are, but it doesn't sound very Christian

This is too good to be true!

Originally posted by Nick1986 Originally posted by unclefred Originally posted by Nick1986 The Christmas Tree (and Yule Log) apparently originated from a Germanic practise where you would fell a whole tree and drag it inside to keep the fire burning for the whole winter They must have had very large houses. Iron Age houses were quite big. The chief of the tribe usually lived in a big feasting hall to demonstrate his ability to provide food for his men. Smaller dwellings like the round-houses were quite tall, with more than enough room for a tree inside (and any livestock that hadn't yet been eaten)

Interesting, so did they keep the livestock in separate rooms or just inside (I'm not even sure if they had rooms...)?