Has Christianity been copying most of pagan mythology and then reworking to fit Christianity’s religion? [Spirituality & Religion]

I have a suspicion that they have. Because we have valkyries from Norse legend that have been copied and turned into angels, the devil from Christian who’s based off the horned god from Celtic myth.

Well the Christian priests weren’t very creative were they? At establishing Christianity myths.

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Murchu · 31-35, M

You wouldn't be wrong,its an accepted fact that when Christianity first came to Ireland it absorbed and subsumed many differing aspects of the pre existing gods and customs

St Brigid for example never existed but was created from the goddess with bits added on,same as certain festivals eg samhain became all souls night and certain locations such as holy Wells etc where attributed to Christian saints

Idea was that it would be more easily accepted if it felt familiar to them so they basically just re formed the new religion around the old so the pagans would adapt to it.
Early Christian manuscripts created in Ireland during this time included pagan myths and gods associated to them alongside Christian doctrine.I read somewhere the gaeilic story of the tain bo cualigne and other stories from the "ulster cycle" appear in at least two Christian manuscripts