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 ...

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

Ask the average American to describe May Day, and they might mention a pole wrapped in ribbons and springtime pagan rituals. It’s true that May 1 does have associations with those things in the ...

The symbolism of the hare has had many tantalizing ritual and religious roles down ... In 1790, the local parson tried to stop the custom due to its pagan associations, but he was unsuccessful ...

After a long winter it’s easy to see why our ancestors created rituals and festivals to celebrate the coming of spring. With ...