Paper short abstract:

The paper aims to analyze how the syncretic ethno-pagan personal religiosity is constructed in contemporary Hungary.

Paper long abstract:

Since the fall of Socialism the warehouse of contemporary mythologies - especially those dealing with the origin of Hungarians - have become unexpectedly vivid in Hungary. Sometimes these mythologies intermingle with Christianity and contemporary paganism at once, creating a syncretic ethno-pagan belief system. The whole process of creation can be well detected and thus analyzed, however, researchers have only dealt with the theoretical and the ideological/ritual/narrative/artistic dimensions of the phenomena, while basically no efforts have been made to analyze the individual level. Based on in-depth interviews my paper aims to introduce how different individuals get connected with Hungarian ethno-paganism and how they build up their own personal belief system.