Proto-Indo-European Religion

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Proto-Indo-European Religion

Welcome to the new Proto-Indo-European Religion domain at piereligion.org. Please check back often because we plan to have many more new pages on this website.

• Home
• SiteMap
• Introduction to Proto-Indo-European Religion
• Indo-European Languages
• Proto-Indo-European Goddesses
• Proto-Indo-European Myths
• Proto-Indo-European Rituals
• Festivals, Food and Farming

Other
• Early English Text Society Publications
• Book References

The Proto-Indo-European Religion is reconstructed on the basis of linguistic analysis of the languages used by Indo-European-speaking people. This website gives scholarly information on what is known about this religion, and the status of research in the field. Particular emphasis is placed on the oldest sources in each language group, but folklore, traditions and even christianized versions of Proto-Indo-European Goddesses, myths and rituals have been used. In India, the religion continues as it has for millennia, so information from recent or modern sources is relevant to the study. For an explanation of the whole concept see the Introduction to Proto-Indo-European Religion.

The information is organized in three main categories,
• Indo-European Languages and Pagan Religion
• Goddesses, • Myths and • Rituals of Indo-Europeans and
• Festivals, Food and Farming which are organized by the months of the year.

In addition, there are other pages that give information about important sources, including the Early English Text Society and a list of Book References, because it is often very difficult to find good or even bad sources of information about the Indo-European religion.

Conversations from the Porch
A pagan podcast, especially geared toward reconstructionists but very freewheeling, is scheduled for every 1st and 3rd Sunday from 5 to 7 pm EST at Conversations from the Porch. The Yule Pie episode, in honor of the Yule season, has been archived so you can listen to it for free.

The following pages have been newly updated for festivals that are coming up:

May Day Revels

Hawthorn blossoms with one berry from last year

May Day Revels, Part 1 are celebrated on the first of May or Beltaine, for the Goddess Freya. May Day Songs are sung when visiting with Hawthorn flowers. These pages have just been newly updated. The May Day Revels, Part 2 which includes Maypole Dancing and Morris Dancing is entirely new.

Vestalia for Vesta

Vestalia Festival for the Roman Goddess Vesta, set to June 9th to 15th. This page includes an invocation to Vesta, and some information about the Vestalia festival, especially the day that is set aside to honor the little donkies that ground the grain to make bread.

Harvest Songs

Songs to Celebrate the Harvest along with the Harvest Song Lyrics can be seen here.