Is there a differnce between a heathen and a pagan?

[redrosetea]

I tried to google it to find out, but all I could find was wiccan sites, and frankly I don’t want to read their stuff

I want christian teaching about this

 

[Andreas_Hofer]

Not to my knowledge. The German “Heide” can be translated as either, and I think they are the result of different etymological paths toward describing the same phenomenon.

 

[ibkc]

On a practical level, in modern neo-paganism, those who follow reconstructionist-type religions of the Norse/Germanic type call themselves “heathen” to differentiate between the airy-fairy Starhawk/Silver Ravenwolf people who call themselves “pagan.”