They’ve since been joined by Pagan symbols, including a pentagram for Wiccans and, for Heathen followers of ancient Norse myths, Thor’s hammer. Even in death, the old gods live on.

The Christmas tree does seem to be a pre-Christian German pagan symbol that crept into Christmas celebrations, though by now hardly anyone would remember that connection.

Pagan symbols associated with the female anatomy in the Medici Chapel by Michelangelo Buonarroti. Clinical Anatomy, 2017; DOI: 10.1002/ca.22882 ...

Someone said recently, “I used to color eggs at Easter. But now I’m serious about being Christian. I think Easter eggs are pagan. Easter eggs aren’t in the Bible. Am I an Easter G… ...

UK’s Medieval Graffiti Full of Subversive Pagan Symbols The straw king, a medieval graffiti drawing that could be a pagan fertility symbol. Photo: Lincolnshire Medieval Graffiti Project.

As Christians conquered pagan lands, they regularly superimposed Christian symbols on pagan shrines. I thought of this when I read that the buildings of Chicago Theological Seminary have been sold to ...