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    Janus to Venus...?

    You may want to have a talk with the Catholic Church then.
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    Janus to Venus...?

    I agree! and yet, several people earlier in the post got very upset from people pointing out pre-Christian influences, hence why I'm making the argument. If everyone is free to assign the meaning they want to it, than those wanting to assign or celebrate pre-Christian influences on their Camino...
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    Janus to Venus...?

    I agree, that's why I don't understand why people seem to get upset when people talk about pre-Christian influences on the Camino!
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    Janus to Venus...?

    It's not clear to me what your conception of "historical fact" is...... The entire structure of the camino is based on legend and fantasy. The current premise of the Camino is that the body of St. James was found by a shepherd several hundred years after he was supposedly buried in Galicia by a...
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    Pre Christian Tracks

    Well, that I can definitely understand. In addition to being a nuisance to the community, I find the "burning" aspect really wasteful too.
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    Janus to Venus...?

    Thanks for the passive-aggressive language lesson, but it's not needed ;) My previous question wasn't about the historical references. It was about why, if someone feels more spiritual reward and progress from ending in Finisterre than in Santiago because their spiritual practice doesn't...
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    Pre Christian Tracks

    Frowned upon locally? In what way? The municipalities of both Fisterra and Muxia offer their own certificates (Fisterrana and Muxiana) to pilgrim's who end there.... have you experience distaste from locals when going there?
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    Pre Christian Tracks

    I think this explains it perfectly. It's true Santiago as the city did not exist at the time that Celts or other ancient peoples would be at Finisterre (although archaeologist have found numerous ancient artifacts from Celtic and Roman times underneath the city of Santiago, so there seems to...
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    Janus to Venus...?

    Thanks for clarifying, although I'm still not sure why "to conflate it, and the Roman roads network, with the Camino is [IMO] mistaken." ? Many pilgrims go on to Finisterre nowadays after Santiago too..... so why should this not be "conflated" with the Camino? If people feel more spiritual...
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    Pre Christian Tracks

    Hi @Tincatinker! I know this thread is rather old already, but would you be able to share some of the "hard-core academic stuff" you found? I've found a lot of non-academic sources, which I had posted in this thread...
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    Janus to Venus...?

    That's why I shared multiple :) And the first link, Ara Solis is about Celts worshipping the sun at Finisterre. Ara Solis is also discussed in the BBC article. The Pyrenees to Ara Solis route is referenced in the Correo Gallego article: "Según varios estudiosos, en la antigua Hispania el...
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    Janus to Venus...?

    Feel free to explain it better then :)
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    Janus to Venus...?

    @mspath I'm very sorry to hear that.... I'm not sure if this is the docu Chacharm wanted to refer to, but it's one I found while searching that seems to address similar points, in case you are interested: https://www.travelightfilm.com/the-camino @JabbaPapa I very much disagree. There are...
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    Janus to Venus...?

    Hi @Chacharm, I found this post of yours via Google as I was also searching for more research done on the pre-Christian origins of the pilgrimage route. Would you mind sharing the name of this documentary? Sounds very interesting!
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