Talk:Modern paganism in Scandinavia

Latest comment: 2 months ago by Matthewsolis635 in topic Wiki Education assignment: Honors World Religions

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this article is not very serious, specially the paragraph about Folklorism vs. reconstructionism. this name calling "Funtrad" is just a figment from a jerk i Denmark called Grølheim. where are your sources anyway?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.249.164.153 (talkcontribs)

well, this field isn't exactly over-studied, so we'll have to make do with whatever sources we find (WP:DUE, obscure sources may be permissible in documenting obscure topics). But, sure, "funtrad" doesn't seem to be a very widely used term. I just came across it in search of any term at all descriptive of the phenomenon. It doesn't strike me as partiularly derogatory either. The term is in use [1][2][3][4] but I don't know any more about it. --dab (𒁳) 07:49, 1 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Well the term "Funtrad" is impolite, depreciative and mobbish. It was used to mob groups and persons who did oppose the coward and the self claimed guru Morten Grølsted alias Grølheim. He used the term in flame wars and to mob his opponents on various post lists and his own website. The sites you refer to are his. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.202.79.26 (talk) 13:55, 4 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Folketro is not neopaganism

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A little comment to the scandinavian term Folketro.

While we in Scandinavia also use the term folklore, it's more normal to use terms like folkeoverlevering (overlevering will in this case mean fx stories passed down history by oral transmission).

That again are divided into other segments, such as Folketro (Folk belief) Folkesagn (Folk tales) Folkesang (Folke song) etc. etc. etc.

However the terms has NOTHING what so ever to do with neopaganism.

Regarding the term folketro it then simply points to a wide set of beliefs who has been passed down by oral transmission, and still exist in rual areas.

In short, please point your article away from the term, or it WILL be changed.

How your article explains matters in Scandinavia is nothing less than offending and racistic towards a minoity in Scandinavia.

If you want to write about neopaganism in Scandinavia, then keep it to that.

Best regards, Martin —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fylgi (talkcontribs) 11:07, 7 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

you see, the problem is this, folk(e)tro is simply the term for folk religion. Thus, correctly, the interwiki from folk religion points to sv:folktro. But in English, you will use "folk religion" for folk religion, but you will use folketro for "the current in Scandinavian neopaganism which interests itself in traditional folk religion". So this is what this article is supposed to be about.

As a comparable case: consider haqiqa. This is simply the Arabic word for "truth", therefore the interwiki at truth correctly points to ar:haqiqa. But in English the haqiqa article is not about "truth" in general, it is about the special mystical concept of truth in Sufism.

I have no idea where being "offending and racistic towards a minoity in Scandinavia" comes into this.

--dab (𒁳) 14:26, 29 January 2013 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 14 August 2022

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Modern paganism in Scandinavia. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 10:00, 28 August 2022 (UTC)Reply


Neopaganism in ScandinaviaModern Paganism in Scandinavia – Move for consistency with main page on the topic (Modern Paganism) that has been renamed. Ingwina (talk) 10:22, 14 August 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. – robertsky (talk) 12:42, 21 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Support per nominator and the article titles policy. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 18:15, 21 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Weak oppose: While I sympathize with the rationale, I have the impression that the desired consistency should be achieved by moving the Modern Paganism article to Modern paganism and moving this article to Modern paganism in Scandinavia instead, per MOS:ISMCAPS. It is not the name of a specific organized religion. Please also see Germanic paganism. I have just opened an RM on this question at Talk:Modern Paganism#Requested move 23 August 2022. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:36, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Hi BarrelProof, by my understanding, you are agreeing with the rationale to be consistent with the main page, just that the main page has a name you don't agree with? Would it be fair to say that we should then change it to my proposal but we can change it again should the main page change its name in line with your proposal? Ingwina (talk) 18:42, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
Yes, my quarrel is with the title of the Modern Paganism article, not with your desire to be consistent with it. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 18:54, 23 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Modern paganism and New Age which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 18:18, 3 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Honors World Religions

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  This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 August 2024 and 13 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): GeminiMoonRising (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Matthewsolis635 (talk) 02:13, 13 October 2024 (UTC)Reply


HELP ME I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME SOME CLEAR DIRECTIONS ON WHAT TO DO PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOUR SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME DIRECTIONS — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeminiMoonRising (talkcontribs) 02:32, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply