In our context, Europe designates the peoples of Roman culture (Rome is treated separately), Celtic, Germanic, Scandinavian, Icelandic and Breton. Slavic peoples have their own section.

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Holidays of the month

  • February 1, 2025 (1 event)

    February 1, 2025

    Today, the Great Brittany Celts celebrate Imbolc. Originally, this festival marked the start of spring, harvest and lambing. The goddess Brigid was Christianized and ever since this feast has been Saint Brigid. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #February 1 #imbolc #imbolg #saintbrigid #brigid

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  • February 2, 2025 (2 events)

    February 2, 2025

    begins the plow charm ritual. Planting tools are blessed and offerings are made to the gods for a bountiful harvest. Traditionally, after blessing the plow, a ceremonial furrow was dug and then filled with cakes and other offerings. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #2February #Asatru #Odin

    February 2, 2025

    On this day, Latvians celebrated Windy Day. Known to be a very windy day, this day was an occasion for a festival where various rituals were performed to ensure that wind damage would not be too severe for the harvest season. #mythology #myth #legend #2February #Letvia #VejaDiena

  • February 9, 2025 (1 event)

    February 9, 2025

    Today, the Asatrus celebrate Eyvind kinnrifi in memory of his resistance to the aggressive Christianity of Olaf Tryggvason, then king of Norway. He was killed by a brazier of burning coals resting on his stomach for refusing to convert. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #asatru #9February #kinnrifi

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  • February 14, 2025 (1 event)

    February 14, 2025

    Today, the Asatrus celebrate Váli blót. Vali is the symbol of spring, and with his bow, shoots beams of light that awaken tender feelings. The representations of the cherubs of Valentine's Day are very close to the Norse god. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #14February #vali #valentine's Day

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  • February 19, 2025 (1 event)

    February 19, 2025

    Today, the Savoyards celebrate their national day. This date in fact refers to February 19, 1416, when the German Emperor Sigismund IV of Luxembourg, elevated the County to a Duchy in Chambéry and granted Amédée VIII of Savoy the title of duke. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #February 19 #Savoie

  • February 28, 2025 (1 event)

    February 28, 2025

    Today is Finnish Culture Day, represented by the national epic Kalevala. This collection of epic poetry brings together many tales and myths from Finland and Karelia. #mythology #myth #legend #calendar #February 28 #kalevala #finland #karelia

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Cultural areas in Europe

The history of Europe is one of the best documented, studied and known parts of world history and refers to all the events linked to the European continent, from the time it was populated by the first peoples until until today. According to the German monograph Minderheitenrechte in Europa co-edited by Pan and Pfeil (2002), there are 87 distinct peoples, of which 33 constitute the majority of the population in at least one sovereign state, while the remaining 54 constitute minority ethnic groups.

In ancient times, Indo-European peoples practiced cults that had many things in common. The Germanic, Celtic, Slavic, Greek and Latin mythological systems had common features, such as the belief in a fundamental divine "triad", and the division of men into several categories of distinct social rank.

In Europe, ancient religions are subdivided into:

  • faith in the Aesir and the Vanirs, which we today call Odinism, according to Germanic mythology;
  • faith in Scandinavian deities, according to Scandinavian mythology;
  • Druidism and its late Irish variant, the religion of the Filid, according to Celtic mythology;
  • orphism, according to Thracian and Dacian mythology;
  • faith in Scythian deities, according to the Scythian religion;
  • faith in Slavic deities, according to Slavic mythology;
  • faith in Greek deities, according to Greek mythology;
  • faith in Roman deities, according to Roman mythology;
  • in the Roman Empire, in addition to the gods of Olympus, mystery cults were also practiced and, in late antiquity, primitive Christianity.

One of the common points between religions prior to Christianity is polytheism, sometimes pantheistic, sometimes animist.

Proselytism was not widespread among European peoples, each religion being that of a group of populations equally linked by language, and which had its own deities.