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  1. Dec 23, 2024Germanic culture extended, at various times, from the Black Sea to Greenland, or even the North American continent. Germanic religion played an important role in shaping the civilization of Europe. But since the Germanic peoples of the Continent and of England were converted to Christianity in comparatively early times, it is not surprising that less is known about the gods whom they used to ...
  2. historycooperative.org

    Mar 4, 2024The Germanic World, known more widely as Germania or Magna Germania in Latin, includes the modern countries of France, Denmark, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Austria, and (of course) Germany. These old gods were central to Germanic religion and were severely impacted when Rome outlawed pagan religions across its empire in 392 CE.
  3. norsemythologist.com

    The first Germanic religion appeared in the third century AD during the "Migration Period" after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Scandinavians (also known as North Germanic) used Germanic religion to form their own Old Norse version. It was also the basis from which Old English speakers created Anglo-Saxon and Continental German paganism.
  4. de.wikipedia.org

    Die Germanische Religion ist ein Sammelbegriff für die polytheistischen religiösen Kulte und Riten der germanischen Stämme und Völker seit der jüngeren Bronzezeit bis zum ausgehenden Frühmittelalter.Die Religion ist von der germanischen Mythologie zu unterscheiden.. Die Germanische Religion wird angrund der zeitlichen und lokalen Zuordnung der Quellen in eine Nordgermanische Religion und ...
  5. encyclopedia.com

    GERMANIC RELIGION The sources for the study of the religion and mythology of the old Germanic (Teutonic) peoples are few. They consist chiefly of Greek, Roman, and medieval writings, runic inscriptions, folklore, laws, and the vitae of early missionaries. The Germania of Tacitus is especially important as a source. Source for information on Germanic Religion: New Catholic Encyclopedia dictionary.
  6. nordicperspective.com

    Nov 12, 2024Germanic: the Germanic Cultures & Languages. The Germanic tribes were groups of people originating from northern and central Europe during the Iron Age, sharing a common language group that is the root of all Germanic languages (which today includes over 515 million native speakers of languages like English, German, Dutch, and the Nordic languages to name a few).
  7. Germanic paganism refers to the ethnic religion practiced by the Germanic peoples from the Iron Age until Christianisation during the Middle Ages. It was an essential element of early Germanic culture. From both archaeological remains and literary sources, it is possible to trace a number of common or closely related beliefs amid the Germanic peoples into the Middle Ages, when the last areas ...
  8. religion.fandom.com

    Germanic paganism was polytheistic, revolving around the veneration of various deities.Some deities were worshipped widely across the Germanic lands, albeit under different names. Other deities were simply local to a specific locality, and are mentioned in both Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic texts, in the latter of which they are described as being "the land spirits that live in this land".
  9. Germanic religion. Introduction . Germanic religion, pre-Christian religious practices among the tribes of Western Europe, Germany, and Scandinavia. The main sources for our knowledge are the Germania of Tacitus and the Elder Edda and the Younger Edda. Although it is possible to perceive certain basic concepts that were important to the pre ...
  10. vikingreligion.com

    The family of the Gods in the Frisian strand of Germanic folk religion may be assumed to be generally the same as that of other strands, and thus although the Frisians may have had their own religious characteristics, they would generally have worshipped the same divine entities as the other Germanic folk religionists of that time, for all ...

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