This practice is a survival method from pre-Christian times.

这种做法是自公元前以来一直沿用的一种生存术。

Such legends seem to be a thinly veiled version of pre-Christian fertility rites, rather than an allegory of Christ’s resurrection.

这些传说更像是前基督时代的生育仪式，而非基督复活的象征。

In pre-Christian Rome, the emperors compelled their most despised citizens to bring offerings and gifts during the Saturnalia (in December) and Kalends (in January).

在基督之前的罗马，皇帝会迫使他们最受鄙视的公民在农神节和初一节的时候带来祭品和礼物。

To take verse 17 as comparing my pre-Christian past to my Christian present is not enough of a contrast.

认为17节是指作基督徒之前，和基督徒目前的情况的对照，不足解释17节。

Any discussion of pre-Christian asceticism is outside the scope of this article.

任何讨论前基督教禁欲主义是范围以外的这篇文章。

However, many Christmas traditions that are around today have their roots in pre-Christian winter festivals.

然而，今天的许多圣诞节传统都起源于耶稣之前的冬节。

Capital of a pre-Christian kingdom in the early Middle Ages, it became an episcopal see in1164.

在中世纪初是基督之前王 国的首都，在1164年变为主教教区。

The origin of the belief that the mistletoe had magical powers, began in pre-Christian Europe.

槲寄生有神奇的力量起源于基督诞生以前的欧洲。

At number six is the tale of the Easter bunny. This has its origins in pre-Christian fertility lore and symbolises new life in the spring.

第6大谎言是关于复活节小兔子的，它来自基督教文明兴起以前的时代，象征春天有新生活。

Russians are also celebrating the end of winter with Pancake week, a pre-Christian carnival of revelry across Russia.

俄罗斯民众正在举办「薄饼节」庆祝冬天的结束，「薄饼节」持续一周，是起源于前基督教时期的一个全国性的狂欢节。

This celebrated study of witchcraft in Europe traces the worship of the pre-Christian and prehistoric Horned God from paleolithic times to the medieval period.

这个着名的研究巫术在欧洲痕迹崇拜的基督前的史前角上帝从旧石器时期到了中世纪时期。

To commemorate the New Year fires all over the Celtic world were extinguished the night of Samhain then relit from ceremonial blazes kindled by Druids the religious leaders of the pre-Christian Celts.

为了纪念新年，在属阴节的晚上，凯尔特人会把火全都熄灭，然后，由德鲁伊特（Druids，古代凯尔特人的祭祀）点燃仪式之火，并以其为火种重新点燃各个部落的篝火。

With a history going back to pre-Christian times, the Portuguese Water Dog travelled with world with 15th century Portuguese explorers, swimming between ships with its webbed feet.

葡萄牙水犬的历史可以追溯到公元前，还曾在15世纪跟随葡萄牙的探险家们周游世界，它们双脚带蹼，常在船只间游来游去。

Synonymous with Christmas and the subject of a traditional British folk carol, both Holly and ivy were originally used in pre-Christian times to celebrate the winter solstice.

这两种植物与圣诞节简直就是同义词，它们也是一首英国传统民谣的主题。早在基督教之前，冬青和常青藤就被用来庆祝冬至了。

The Veles Day is one of the main winter Slavic pre-Christian festivals widely celebrated in modern Russia by Slavic neo-pagans known as Rodnovery.

威勒斯节是斯拉夫人前基督时代最主要的冬季节庆之一，在现代俄罗斯，到处都有新异教徒们庆祝这个节日，这些新异教徒们被称为罗德多神派。