Norse pagan worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times, Christianity, during the conversion period, was referred to as "nýr sidr" (the new custom), the conversion period is speaking in regards to which titled event, that took place between the 8th and the 12th centuries, and the realms of Scandinavia proper, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, established their own Archdioceses, responsible directly to the Pope?
Norse rituals Norse pagan worship is the traditional religious rituals practiced by Norse pagans in Scandinavia in pre-Christian times. Norse paganism was a folk religion (as opposed to an organised religion), and its main purpose was the survival and regeneration of society. Therefore, the faith was decentralized and tied to the village and the family, although evidence exists of great national religious festivals. The leaders managed the faith on behalf of society; on a local level, the leader would have been the head of the family, and nationwide, the leader was the king. Pre-Christian Scandinavians had no word for religion in a modern sense. The closest counterpart is the word "sidr", meaning custom. This meant that Christianity, during the conversion period, was referred to as "nýr sidr" (the new custom) while paganism was called "forn sidr" (ancient custom). The centre of gravity of pre-Christian religion lay in religious practice — sacred acts, rituals and worship of the gods.
Pagan Christianity The basis of Christianity and some of its fundamental practices and traditions have their root in Pagan rituals, practices and holidays. Everything from Easter (the celebration of Ishtar, the Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of sex and fertility) to Christmas (Saturnalia, the celebration of Saturn, which can be traced back to ancient Rome) to Sunday worship which is essentially the worshipping of the Sun by many ancient Pagan religions. There is no basis for worship on the first day of the week, which is Sunday as the commandment in the Bible is to keep Sabbath on the 7th day of the week. This is a small sample size of traditions and practices that originated outside of Biblical scripture and seeped into the Christian Church.