Is Christendom influenced by Germanic paganism?

Neo-paganism, including it's Germanic branch is divided when it comes to accepting people of different ethnicities. There are two main approaches: The first philosophy is called Universalist. read more

Chistian practices are influenced by the local traditions, old habits and old feasts and holidays from everywhere the Christian faith entered. All localities have ‘Christian’ traditions that can be traced back to before the area became Chistian. read more

Thus early Germanic Christianity was presented as an alternative to native Germanic paganism and elements were syncretized, for examples parallels between Woden and Christ. A fine illustration of these tendencies is the Anglo-Saxon poem Dream of the Rood, where Jesus is cast in the heroic model of a Germanic warrior, who faces his death unflinchingly and even eagerly. read more