If this is the right view of pagan life, it follows that we should look on paganism quite simply as a religion invented in the course of the second to third centuries AD, in competition and interaction with Christians, Jews and others.ââ¯North 1992, 187â88,here has been much scholarly argument as to the origins of the term paganism. Paganism has also been understood by some to include any non-Abrahamic religions, but this is generally seen as insulting by adherents of those religions.
The Ecuadorian city of Quito and the surrounding highlands lie along the Andes Mountains. Winter in the Andes lasts from June through September, featuring cool and dry conditions. Winter temperatures hover around 50 degrees Fahrenheit on average. Summer runs from December to March, bringing on slightly warmer temperatures.
Mainland Ecuador. Mainland Ecuador is home to the el oro parakeet, the horned anole, the napo plump toad, the northwestern mushroomtongue salamander, the Ecuadorian toad-headed pit-viper and the black-breasted puffleg, among other endemic species. Many types of amphibians, freshwater fish, and insects are also unique to the country. The tube-lipped nectar bat, Anoura fistulata, has the longest tongue of any known mammal proportionate to its body size. Mainland Ecuador also has more than 4,000 endemic species of flora, including fuchsias and the apparating moon-gentian.