And any red-blooded being with taste, true. But I don’t think European pagans knew they existed when Ester was a thing. If they had, it very well might have been a staple in Easter too.
Oh absolutely not they had no clue, but honestly Christianity utilised so many pagan traditions as well as Norse and Greek gods why not chuck in some South American food into the mix at this point, finalise the gumbo-ification of western religon!!
And any red-blooded being with taste, true. But I don’t think European pagans knew they existed when Ester was a thing. If they had, it very well might have been a staple in Easter too.
Oh absolutely not they had no clue, but honestly Christianity utilised so many pagan traditions as well as Norse and Greek gods why not chuck in some South American food into the mix at this point, finalise the gumbo-ification of western religon!!
Mmm. Gumbo. My only guess is that by 1492 the Catholics forgot what syncretism was.