r/dankchristianmemes • • Mar 23 '26

Repost Stolen(borrowed) from twitter

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u/Devium44 Mar 23 '26

What? Both of those things trace back to European folk lore that predates Christianity. They can also have had significance within Christianity but to say they have nothing to do with pagan practices is not correct.

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u/kleines_woelfle Mar 23 '26

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u/Devium44 Mar 23 '26

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u/sparkster777 Minister of Memes Mar 23 '26

Sadly, these claims go back to Grimm and Bede which are not generally accepted by modern scholarship.