Pagan ways survived in Bohemia even after the adoption of Christianity, mainly in the form of the folk traditions and customs. These contained elements from the cultures of the Celts, Germans and Slavs, the respective influences intermingling over time and becoming more and more adapted to Christianity.
Some customs kept their original form, e.g. folk superstitions and rhymes. Others gave way to Church pressure completely. Paganism in the Slavic countries survived in motifs adorning jewellery and objects, in folk medicine and in the form of holidays – the winter and summer Solstices, the Mardi Gras, Easter, Walpurgis Night, Midsummer Night, All-Souls’, Advent and Christmas; all were modelled on original pagan celebrations, but were renamed under Christianity and modified in content.
Pagan ways survived in Bohemia even after the adoption of Christianity, mainly in the form of the folk traditions and customs. These contained elements from the cultures of the Celts, Germans and Slavs, the respective influences intermingling over time and becoming more and more adapted to Christianity.
Some customs kept their original form, e.g. folk superstitions and rhymes. Others gave way to Church pressure completely. Paganism in the Slavic countries survived in motifs adorning jewellery and objects, in folk medicine and in the form of holidays – the winter and summer Solstices, the Mardi Gras, Easter, Walpurgis Night, Midsummer Night, All-Souls’, Advent and Christmas; all were modelled on original pagan celebrations, but were renamed under Christianity and modified in content.