This question cannot be answered as Paganism is an umbrella term for various traditions, religions and spiritual paths - each with their own founders.
It is not known where neo-paganism was founded but it was practiced as far back as in Sumer, the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires era. Which is around 3500 B.C. but may have been practiced before then.
It is not known where neo-paganism was founded but it was practiced as far back as in Sumer, the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires era. Which is around 3500 B.C. but may have been practiced before then.
The suffix of Paganism is -ism
just like that paganism
Shinto is Paganism in Japan.
Paganism is more then one type of religion and paganism is found in every country.
Im inclined to think that "barbaric" paganism is in reference to the Germanic forms of paganism in North West Europe and Scandanavia
Wicca is a recent form of paganism. Wicca has only been around since about the 1940s, although it was first openly revealed in 1954. However, wicca stems from paganism, which has been around longer than the Egyptian pyramids. Wicca was arounf a while before that. It just vanished for a time. and then came back.
It's known as Norse paganism.
pre-religion / paganism pre-religion / paganism
Modern Paganism in World Cultures was created in 2005.
No. - Wicca (one of the paths of Paganism) is a religion and spiritual path founded by Gerald Gardner in the 60s. - Voodoo (also one of the paths of Paganism and more correctly called Vodun) is another, separate religion which has been around far longer than Wicca and is typically found in the Haitian islands, Louisiana, and West Africa.