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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,
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
The following pages have been newly updated for festivals that are coming up: Plow Songs in EnglishThese are traditional Plow Songs as well as invocations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon ritual for Blessing the Seed for the time of plowing and planting. Traditionally performed in January in England, they may be more suitable to March in some areas.Eostra, a Germanic Goddess and the festival of Easter
Eostra or Ostara is a Goddess honored among
Germanic-speaking people and she gives her name to the holiday of
Easter at the Spring Equinox. Easter Eggs are dyed bright colors and given as gifts at the spring holiday
all over Europe from the earliest times; they probably represent the Sun at the
Spring Equinox, and are a suitable offering to the Goddess Eostra.
May Day RevelsMay Day Revels are celebrated on the first of May or Beltaine, with May Day Songs which are traditionally sung when the hawthorn trees are in bloom along with May Pole Dancing and Morris Dancing.© 2010, last updated 1/28/2012, piereligion.org/index.html
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