The term "pagan" is primarily used by the Catholic or early church as a name to call anyone not beleiving in one supreme God. Pagan faith's typically beleive in a multitude of gods much like many early religion in ancient times.
Paganism, worship of varied deities, nothing very showy.
Eco-Paganism is a neo-pagan movement that focuses its worship on the Earth Goddess and that tries to be politically active especially in areas of conservation, animal rights, natural medicine, etc.
paganism worships lots of different deities including the Olympian gods and goddesses
The opposite of Paganism is true Christianity. Since Paganism is the worship or appreciation of nature, Christianity worships the Creator not the creation. Paganism has it's roots in the Mother Child cult, Baal, Molech, and the other deities of the ancient world. Paganism has multiple deities as opposed to the One God of the Judeo/Christian belief. See also Mithraism, cult of Artemis Cybele, Dionysus's, Iraneus, etc.
Yes. Paganism is polytheistic, meaning they believe in many deities- Gods and Goddesses alike.
Paganism originates from ancient false religious practices, such as the ones Babylon used in their worship to false gods. Paganism incorporates idolatry (the worship of idols/fake deities) and spiritism. Spiritism involves all sorts of things like magic, satanic rituals, psychic mediums, etc. Jehovah's witnesses know that these things stem from Satan the god of this system of things. that is why they dislike it so much. In Deuteronomy 18: 10-12, it mentions many of the things that are weaved into paganism.
It's not a religious holiday - it has links to paganism, animal sacrifice, and worship of the dead.
Lucifer is a fallen angel found in the Abrahamic religions. Wiccans are a branch of Paganism. Pagans do not follow the Abrahamic teachings and do not even believe in the existence of Lucifer. Therefore, Wiccans do not worship Lucifer.
The Triple Horn of Odin is a symbol associated with Norse paganism and the worship of the god Odin. It is not connected to a specific organized religion but is typically used in modern Heathenry and Norse neopagan traditions.
Basically, Catholics worship idols. There are many other components in Catholic religion in common with Paganism which is much older.
Emperor Theodosius (378-395) made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire and banned the public worship of the pagan gods, thus formalising the long persecution of paganism.
The suffix of Paganism is -ism