According to some scholars, All Hallows ' Eve initially incorporated traditions from pagan harvest festivals and festivals honoring the dead, particularly the Celtic Samhain ; other scholars maintain that the feast originated entirely independently of Samhain.

All these Christian conversions affected, for the most part, only the aristocracy, for the common people remained pagan.

As Europe became Christianized, the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May Day, or were merged with or replaced by new Christian holidays as with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saint's Day.

The modern popularisation of the terms " pagan " and " neopagan ", as they are currently understood, is largely traced to Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, co-founder of " the 1st Neo-Pagan Church of All Worlds " who, beginning in 1967 with the early issues of Green Egg, used both terms for the growing movement.

* All pagan buildings in Alexandria, including the library, are destroyed by fire.

Interpretations of the purpose of the History also vary considerably, some considering it a work of fiction or satire intended to entertain ( perhaps in the vein of 1066 and All That ), others viewing it as a pagan attack on Christianity, the writer having concealed his identity for personal safety.

All must have seemed lost but Cadwallon raised an enormous army and after a brief time in Guernsey he invaded Dumnonia, relieved the West Welsh who were suffering a Mercian invasion and forced Penda, the pagan King of Mercia, into an alliance against Northumbria.

The church of All Hallows now stands on or near the site of the original pagan temple.

All Christian sects were officially tolerated by Julianus, persecution of heretics was forbidden, and non-Christian religions were encouraged, some Christians even being compelled to make restitution for pagan property stolen or destroyed.

Hercule Poirot is enjoying a social visit by Dr Burton, a fellow of All Souls who recites sonorously some lines from Homer's Iliad ( XXIII, 316 f ) and turns the conversation round to the subject of Poirot's unusual Christian name and how some of the pagan names parents give to their children do not suit their recipients.

The final stage is Samādhi — Union with the All, it is considered to be the utmost level of awareness that one could possibly achieve, according to Hindu mythology, one of their main three deities, Shiva, had mastered this and thus was bestowed upon with stupendous power and control.

All other deities were replaced by the Aten, including Amun-Ra, the reigning sun god of Akhenaten's own region.

All of these alternative deities ( except perhaps Ghaunadaur ) were however killed or forgotten in the last years before the Spellplague.

All sources describe the deities Njörðr, Freyr and Freyja as members of the Vanir.

All the houses, wherever her footprints are, Lord Narayan with all other deities will reside.

All the rivers of India are believed to meet at the tank on this day and a purificatory bath at this tank on this day is considered equal to the combined dips in all the holy rivers of India Festival deities from all the temples in Kumbakonam arrive at the tank and at noon, all the deities bathe along with the devotees-it is called " Theerthavari ".

: Thus men forgot that All deities reside in the human breast.

All religions in general use invoking prayers, liturgies, or hymns ; see for example the mantras in Hinduism and Buddhism, the Egyptian Coming Out by Day ( aka Book of the Dead ), the Orphic Hymns and the many texts, still preserved, written in cuneiform characters on clay tablets, addressed to Shamash, Ishtar, and other deities.

All the hundred odd sub-ordinate deities all compare to traditional icons by and large, being anthropomorphic in form and built according to scriptural descriptions in stone so as to be eternal and immortal.

All five deities in the temple have been extolled by Tirumangai Azhvar.

All deities contained within the Yoruba pantheon are believed to periodically enter the aye, and thus can interact and provide guidance, or interfere maliciously in human affairs.

All other categories of Theyyam deities can be classified under Shaivism or Shaktism.

* In the Chung Shing Temple ( 眾聖宮, " Temple of All Saints "), in Wing Lung Wai, Kam Tin, eleven deities are worshiped, including Kwun Yam, Hung Shing and Che Kung.

All the major Hindu deities namely Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Sarasvati, Lakshmi, Parvati, Skanda, and Ganesha are mentioned direcy in the mythology throughout the book.

All deities approached sage Agastya for help.

All these episodes — starting with his ' birth ' at sea as the ' son ' of Narayana, the performance of the grand Tavam, the symbolic shamanic actions of incinerating the demons, the seizing of esoteric powers, and the unifying of the deities unto himself — highlight the important message that Ayya Vaikundar came as the avatar of Narayana.

All were carrying guns they had seized up, but they were half-clad or hardly clad at all.

All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime.

All through Albany and Laramie counties, other men were doing the same.

All the doors were open at this hour except one, and it was toward this that Stevens made his way with Russ close at his shoulder.

All that time rifle barrels were pointing unwaveringly at his head and body.

All Captain Gibault took back to Salem were a few items for the town's East India Museum.

All areas of history were either favorably or adversely affected by the geographical environment, and no respectable historian could pursue the study of history without a thorough knowledge of geography.

He and other Soviet leaders responsible for the document were proud of having brought forward some new formulas, such as the early replacement of the dictatorship of the proletariat by an `` All People's State '', and also of having laid down the lines for a much greater `` democratization '' of the whole hierarchy of Soviets, starting with the Supreme Soviet itself.

All these emotions were screwed up to new heights when, after acceptance and the first rehearsals, there ensued such a buzz of excitement among Parisian music lovers that Duclos had to come running to Rousseau to inform him that the news had reached the superintendent of the King's amusements, and that he was now demanding that the work be offered first at the royal summer palace of Fontainebleau.

`` All dey know down dere is it were at Manassas Junction and it were a big fight '', the old man told them.

All of them were there in this loosely knit association of diversified ideologies, and each berated the other and beat his breast for his own approaches.

All of the jobs in the mission might be equal in the eyes of the Lord, but they were certainly not equal in the eyes of the Lord's servants.

All the women got up and offered their chairs, and when they were all seated again, the guests made their inquiries and their explanations.

All subsequent measurements were made on material which had been heated to 375-degrees-C for one hour.

All samplers were operated for a period of two hours except one, which was operated for four hours.

All samples were tested by both the saline and albumin methods.

All of the subjects in the Kohnstamm-negative and Kohnstamm-positive groups ( as defined for purposes of the personality studies ) were compared with those subjects who shifted in Conditions 3, or 4.

All applicants were generally familiar with the work of the receptionist.

All `` democratic and anti-Nazi parties '' were to have the right to campaign.

All responses, except comments, were numerically coded to permit use of data-processing equipment.

All the performances of the evening were smooth and assured, and the sizable company, with Mr. Nagrin and Marion Scott as its leading dancers, seemed to be fine shape.

All, of course, except the Donner party who were bent on starving to death.

All the women were beautiful, and the men were equal to them ; ;