But it seems that the pagan influence on some Christmas traditions ... Claus" or "Father Christmas" was influenced by the Norse god Odin. Odin was the head of the Norse pantheon and the god ...

He was a German version of the Scandinavian god Odin. Fathers often handed down their ... this lot are STILL pagan! Next up was Augustine in 597. He was sent to England by the Pope.

For the Vikings, Germanic tribes, and other pagan peoples of pre-Christian ... of the old gods. One god who may not have disappeared, however, was Odin. Instead, some historians posit that the ...