As a result, the conventional Polish celebrations of midsummer are an interesting mix of ... if a woman incanted ‘so help me God’ during the ritual, a clear example of the entanglement of pagan and ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

Other pagan traditions included setting large wheels ... Professor of History at the University of Bristol, “[Midsummer was seen as] a time when the normal laws of nature or divinity could ...

Fire dancers, drummers and painted pagan gods bring ancient Celtic traditions blazing back to life in Edinburgh as Lucie ...

Despite war-time restrictions, Ukrainians marked midsummer with festivals that ... water and nature that ties pagan traditions to the Christian calendar. Sunday’s festival outside Kyiv was ...