The Pagan Predecessors to St. Nicholas

The Pagan Gods Who Served as the Original Symbols of the New Years’ and Winter Solstice Celebrations were Mesopotamian, Persian, Egyptian, Greek, Rome, German, Slavic, and Scandinavian, among others.

Silenus

Silenus

Silenus, Greek God of Wine, on Chariot with Leopards. The Greek god Silenus was tutor to Dionysus, the Greek god of agriculture and wine, and one of the Greek counterparts to the Roman god Saturn. Silenus, known for white beard, round stomach, and jolly nature, traveled in a sleigh

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Thor

Thor

Christmas in Christendom,” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine – January 1873

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Odin

Odin

Rode an eight-legged flying horse named Slepinar

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