Modern Welsh Paganism Survey

Modern Welsh Paganism Survey

Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant | University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Welcome to the Modern Welsh Paganism survey.

This survey is for legal adults only.

This research aims to provide a better understanding of the Neo-Pagan community who incorporate elements of Welsh culture into their practice by finding out the following directly from pracitioners:
- The basic demographics of Neo-Pagan practitioners who centre or incorporate Welsh culture into their Neo-Pagan practice,
- How these practitioners self-identify,
- How these practitioners identify other practitioners and what criteria are used to determine if others belong in their community, and
- How, why, and to what extent these practitioners draw on, participate in, and / or support Welsh culture, traditions, and / or language.
Participation, Ethics, and Your Data
Your participation in this research is entirely voluntary.
You are not required to complete this survey.
None of the questions in the survey are required. Only written consent to participate is required via providing a functioning email address.
You may skip any question you wish.
You may stop or withdraw at any time for any reason.
The amount of the survey completed, and your answers to survey questions, will not affect your treatment.
Data collected from you will be anonymized and treated with full confidentiality (for example, no names, email addresses, IP addresses, etc. will be attached to your answers).
If published, your data will not be identifiable as yours.

Surveys submitted on or after 15 March 2025 will not be considered or included in any publication or final written analysis, and their data will be deleted.

After submitting, you may contact the researcher (Jennifer Brown) at any time before 1 October 2025 to withdraw your submission or request that your anonymized submitted responses not be included in the research data set or the final written analysis.

PLEASE NOTE that this survey asks questions about your demographics (e.g. age, nationality, race, gender identity) and your views regarding sensitive topics such as race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability as regards practitioners of Neo-Paganism who incorporate Welsh culture into their practice. This data will be anonymized and not tied to your identifying information (it will not be tied to your name, email address, IP address, etc).
About This Survey
The following survey is 3 parts totalling 43 questions all together.

The whole survey should take approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete, depending on your reading speed and how in-depth you wish to answer the questions.

Your progress will be saved.
Email and Consent to Participate
A post-survey debrief is required for research ethics considerations. Entering your email address also constitutes your written consent to participate in this survey. If you wish to continue on to the survey, please enter an email address you would like us to send the post-survey debrief to here:*
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Survey Relevance Pre-Screening

2 Questions
In this survey, we use “Neo-Pagan(s)” as an umbrella term which includes:
- Polytheistic Pagans,
- Polytheistic witches / occultists,
- Monotheistic Pagans (e.g. Christian, Jewish, or Muslim Pagans)
- Monotheistic witches / occultists (e.g. Christian, Jewish, or Muslim witches)
- Non-theistic Pagans,
- Non-theistic witches / occultists,
- Reconstructionists -- theistic or non-theistic (persons who base their practice on aspects of pre-Christian religions, philosophy, cultures, and / or history),
- Eclectic, mixed, or syncretizing practitioners of paths regularly deemed “Pagan”, “Neo-Pagan”, or "polytheist",
- Druids (self-labeled or students / members of any Druidic order),
- Wiccans (self-labeled, solitary, or students / initiates of any Wiccan coven/tradition),
- Nature-centreing theistic or non-theistic / humanist religions or lifestyles which may or may not include magic(k)al practice,
- Traditional culture-centreing theistic or non-theistic / humanist religions or lifestyles which may or may not include magic(k)al practice.
Do you consider yourself to be a Neo-Pagan as described above?

YesNo
Do you incorporate any elements of Welsh culture into your Neo-Pagan practice? Elements of Welsh culture include, but are not limited to: Welsh language, Welsh persons or figures or deities (such as Cerridwen, Taliesin, Rhiannon, Gwyn ap Nudd, historical persons, etc.), Welsh holidays, Welsh traditional or folk practices, Welsh literature, Welsh stories or folklore, Welsh poetry, Welsh art, Welsh music, Welsh history, Welsh food, etc.

YesNo
If your answer to both of the above questions is “Yes”, you may proceed to the survey on the next page by clicking the "Next" button below.

If your answer to either of the above questions is “No”, there is no need to complete this survey, and we thank you for your interest.

Modern Welsh Paganism Survey

Participation, Ethics, and Your Data

About This Survey

Email and Consent to Participate

Survey Relevance Pre-Screening

Survey Section 1: Basic Demographics

Survey Section 2: Identity and Community Membership

Survey Section 3: Engagement with Welsh Culture