The Heathen Pillows
Description: Krampus Tis the Season to Be a Heathen celebrates the darker, stranger side of winter folklore with a wickedly festive twist. A snarling horned Krampus stalks through a moonlit Alpine village carrying a basket packed with terrified children, while chains, bells, and a bundle of switches complete the traditional nightmare imagery. Beneath the scene, the phrase ’Tis the Season to Be a Heathen delivers a cheeky pagan alternative to conventional holiday cheer. Rendered in a distressed vintage engraving style, the artwork uses intense yellow against black for a bold, old-world appearance reminiscent of antique folklore illustrations, occult broadsides, and macabre Christmas cards. Ornate borders, holly details, mountain scenery, and the village
Description: Ēostre was an ancient heathen goddess of the dawn. Her name is where we get the name “Easter” today. Ēostre (or Ostara in Old High German) represents the coming of the spring and the beginning of a new season of growth and fertility. Even though the old heathen customs were adopted into Christianity, the modern Easter is still flush with symbols of the old Easter. Easter bunnies, decorating eggs, tulips, and other spring time motifs are still very much with us today.
Description: Jeremiah 10:2-5 2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. The Lord has commanded Israel, his church, not to put up decorated trees.
Description: The horned god is one of the many names given to the male aspects of spirituality and life, and this term most often used within the tradition of Wicca. This symbol can be used to invoke the god during rituals and other magical work. The horned god is associated with the wilderness and virility. Some people also believe that it is the horned god that carries the souls of the dead to the underworld.
