Paganism Society

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Pagan traditions persisted in the Czech lands even after the adoption of Christianity, mainly in the form of folk customs and traditions. They included elements from Celtic, Germanic, and Slavic cultures, and the various influences mixed and increasingly adapted to Christianity over time.
Some customs remained in their original form, such as folk superstitions and poems. Others disappeared completely under the pressure of the Christian church.
Paganism in Slavic lands survived in the motifs of jewelry and object decoration, in folk healing, or in the form of festivals – the winter and summer solstices, carnival, Easter, Walpurgis Night, Midsummer, All Souls’ Day, Advent, and Christmas all mirror original pagan celebrations, but were renamed and their meanings adapted to Christianity.

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