Robyn Lebron There are also misinterpretations of Paganism being the same as Satanism It is not, however; pagans and Satanists are very different Though some similarities may exist, this does not make them the same For this reason, ethnologists avoid the term ǡ with its uncertain and varied meanings, in referring to traditional or historic faiths, preferring more precise categories such as polytheism, shamanism, pantheism, or animism; however others criticize the use of these terms, claiming that these are only aspects that different faiths may share and not denote the religions themselves Both Pagan and heathen have historically been used as a derogatory comment by adherents of monotheistic religions, although in modern times that has changed in some areas Paganism frequently refers to the religions of classical antiquity, most notably Greek mythology or Roman religion As mentioned earlier, Christianity itself has been perceived at times as a form of Paganism by followers of the other Abrahamic religions because of, for example, the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, the celebration of Pagan feast days, and other practices—through a process described as “baptizing” or “Christianization.” Even between Christians there have been similar charges of Paganism leveled, especially by Protestants, towards the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches for their veneration of the saints and images.6 By the nineteenth century, a new outlook was evident as people searched for the fundamental principles of religion by looking at the faiths of different places and times Pagan philosophies, which venerated nature, began to be seen as sophisticated contributions to contemporary spirituality Paganism resurfaces as a topic of fascination in eighteenthto nineteenth-century Romanticism, in particular in the context of the literary Celtic and Viking revivals, which portrayed historical Celtic and Germanic polytheists as noble savages The nineteenth century also saw much scholarly interest in the reconstruction of Pagan mythology from folklore or fairy tales, both inspiring them to collect tales and leading them to similarly believe that the fairy tales of a country were particularly representative of it, to the neglect of cross-cultural influence Throughout Europe, people were 02