Beltane Quote by Carole Carlton

Treasured Pagan Deities were misrepresented and distorted by the Christians for political and religious gain. Dressing their own Satan, who has remained one of…

— Laurie Cabot

That admiration of the 'neat but not gaudy,' which is commonly reported to have influenced the devil when he painted his tail pea green.

— John Ruskin

It is Patrick the Legend, of course, who is most engaging and comes to us as something of a happy Celtic party monster.

— Charles Madigan

“Only hinted at in some of these tales, and clearly stated in others, it is apparent that there was a long and continuing conflict…

— Colin Bord

As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his…

— Don Marquis

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Speak of the devil and he appears

— Italian Proverb

“The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair. Yet if…

— Xenophanes

“Allegorical stories of saints battling with giants, monsters and demons may be interpreted as symbolizing the Christian's fight against paganism. At Bwlch Rhiwfelen (Denbigh)…

— Colin Bord

“The excitement of the first Sunday in Advent had hardly died down when the sixth of December came around, one of the most momentous…

— Anonymous

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

— Thomas Fuller

Quaint, outlandish heathen gods Black men fashion out of rods

— Countee Cullen