9781620553688 | 2 edition (Inner Traditions, November 20, 2014), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Reveals how Christian mythology has more to do with long-standing pagan traditions than the Bible • Explains how the church fathers knowingly incorporated pagan elements into the Christian faith to ease the transition to the new religion • Identifies pagan deities that were incorporated into each of the saints • Shows how all the major holidays in the Christian calendar are modeled on pagan rituals and myths, including Easter and Christmas In this extensive study of the Christian mythology that animated Europe in the Middle Ages, author Philippe Walter reveals how these stories and the holiday traditions connected with them are based on long-standing pagan rituals and myths and have very little connection to the Bible.

9781594770968 | Inner Traditions, June 27, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A thought-provoking study reveals how Christian mythology of the Middle Ages was primarily of pagan inspiration, highlighting major holidays on the Christian calendar that are modeled on pagan traditions and pagan deities that were incorporated into each of the saints.

9781594776809 | Inner Traditions, August 23, 2011, cover price $16.95