List of converts to Christianity from paganism

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This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from pagan religions. Paganism is a term which, from a Western perspective, has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or cultic practices or beliefs of any folk religion, and of historical and contemporary polytheistic religions in particular.

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While the term has historically been used to denote adherents of any non-Abrahamic faith, for the purposes of this list, only adherents of non-major polytheistic, shamanistic, pantheistic, or animistic religions will be listed in this section.

Irish paganism

British/Germanic (excluding Norse) paganism

Norse paganism

Graeco-Roman Paganism

Egyptian paganism

Mideastern and Arabian paganism

African traditional religions

North American or Inuit

New Zealand and Pacific Islands traditional religions

European paganism (generic)

Eastern European/ Slavic paganism

Baltic paganism

Finnic paganism

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tainui</span> New Zealand Māori tribal confederation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Te Rauparaha</span> Māori chief and war leader of Ngāti Toa (1760s–1849)

Te Rauparaha was a Māori rangatira, warlord, and chief of the Ngāti Toa iwi. One of the most powerful military leaders of the Musket Wars, Te Rauparaha fought a war of conquest that greatly expanded Ngāti Toa southwards, receiving the epithet "the Napoleon of the South". He remains one of the most prominent and celebrated New Zealand historical figures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Musket Wars</span> Armed conflicts between Māori tribes in New Zealand before 1845

The Musket Wars were a series of as many as 3,000 battles and raids fought throughout New Zealand among Māori between 1806 and 1845, after Māori first obtained muskets and then engaged in an intertribal arms race in order to gain territory or seek revenge for past defeats. The battles resulted in the deaths of between 20,000 and 40,000 people and the enslavement of tens of thousands of Māori and significantly altered the rohe, or tribal territorial boundaries, before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The Musket Wars reached their peak in the 1830s, with smaller conflicts between iwi continuing until the mid 1840s; some historians argue the New Zealand Wars were a continuation of the Musket Wars. The increased use of muskets in intertribal warfare led to changes in the design of pā fortifications, which later benefited Māori when engaged in battles with colonial forces during the New Zealand Wars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāpuhi</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

Ngāpuhi is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland regions of New Zealand centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāti Whātua</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

Ngāti Whātua is a Māori iwi (tribe) of the lower Northland Peninsula of New Zealand's North Island. It comprises a confederation of four hapū (subtribes) interconnected both by ancestry and by association over time: Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taoū, and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. The four hapū can act together or separately as independent tribes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāti Porou</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāti Kahungunu</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāti Toa</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāi Te Rangi</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Māori King Movement</span> Shared monarchy of numerous Māori iwi of New Zealand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāti Tūwharetoa</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua at Matatā across the central plateau of the North Island to the lands around Mount Tongariro and Lake Taupō.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hongi Hika</span> New Zealand Māori chief

Hongi Hika was a New Zealand Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the iwi of Ngāpuhi. He was a pivotal figure in the early years of regular European contact and settlement in New Zealand. As one of the first Māori leaders to understand the advantages of European muskets in warfare, he used European weapons to overrun much of northern New Zealand in the early nineteenth century Musket Wars. He was however not only known for his military prowess; Hongi Hika encouraged Pākehā (European) settlement, built mutually beneficial relationships with New Zealand's first missionaries, introduced Māori to Western agriculture and helped put the Māori language into writing. He travelled to England and met King George IV. His military campaigns, along with the other Musket Wars, were one of the most important motivators for the British annexation of New Zealand and subsequent Treaty of Waitangi with Ngāpuhi and many other iwi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ngāti Ruanui</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whangape Harbour</span> Harbor in Northland, New Zealand

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Ngāti Whakaue is a Māori iwi, of the Te Arawa confederation of New Zealand, tracing its descent from Whakaue Kaipapa, son of Uenuku-kopakō, and grandson of Tūhourangi. The tribe lives in the Rotorua district and descends from the Arawa waka. The Ngāti Whakaue village Ōhinemutu is within the township of Rotorua. The Ngāti Whakaue chief Pūkākī is depicted on the New Zealand 20 cent coin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rangitāne</span> Māori iwi in New Zealand

Rangitāne is a Māori iwi (tribe). Their rohe (territory) is in the Manawatū, Horowhenua, Wairarapa and Marlborough areas of New Zealand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wiremu Tamihana</span>

Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa, generally known as Wiremu Tamihana, was a leader of the Ngāti Hauā Māori iwi in nineteenth century New Zealand, and is sometimes known as the kingmaker for his role in the Māori King Movement.

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