A beautiful but lesser-known tradition in Belarus involves whispering one's deepest desires to trees within its ancient ...

It has links to ancient beliefs, including the Greek and Roman gods and paganism ... a look at some of the international ...

Credit: Anna Efetova via Getty Images It's often claimed that many of today's Christmas traditions derive from the pre-Christian observances of pagan cults ... or winter solstice around Dec ...

Honoring Saint Lucia (aka Saint Lucy), this festival incorporates pagan winter solstice traditions marked by ... the global monuments built around the summer solstice, and archaeological research ...

(Fittingly, storks return to Europe from Africa about 9 months after the summer solstice.) After the founding of ... a clear example of the entanglement of pagan and Christian traditions in Polish ...

The Summer Solstice has arrived ... Perhaps one of the best known traditions centers around the stone circle at Stonehenge. Whether you're druid, pagan or curious, thousands gather around the ...

The summer solstice happens when the angle of tilt ... And over the last 100 years or so, there has been a revival of ancient pagan traditions and worship including celebrations held at Stonehenge ...

During the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere ... The remnants of these overshadowed pagan traditions remain in our Christmas celebrations, for instance, and according to the free ...

Rooted in ancient pagan traditions, this celebration honors ... note the festival is held almost two weeks before the summer solstice, on the weekend of June 7-9. The American Swedish Institute ...

The summer solstice will occur on June 20 ... Or to put it in another way: solstice means "sun stands still." Yule is a Pagan tradition with ancient Norse and Germanic people origins.

The summer solstice is almost here ... to the gods at the Temple of the Earth during the solstice, according to English Heritage. Some traditions linked to the solstice have carried on until ...