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    Germanic paganism

    Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples. With a chronological range of at least one thousand years in an area covering Scandinavia, the British Isles, modern Germany, the Netherlands, and at times other parts of Europe, the beliefs and practices of Germanic paganism varied. Scholars typically assume some degree of continuity between Roman-era beliefs and those found in Norse paganism, as well as between Germanic religion and reconstructed Indo-European religion and post-conversion folklore, though the precise degree and details of this continuity are subjects of debate. Germanic religion was influenced by neighboring cultures, including that of the Celts, the Romans, and, later, by the Christian religion. Very few sources exist that were written by pagan adherents themselves; instead, most were written by outsiders and can thus present problems for reconstructing authentic Germanic beliefs and practices. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples. With a chronological range of at least one thousand years in an area covering Scandinavia, the British Isles, modern Germany, the Netherlands, and at times other parts of Europe, the beliefs and practices of Germanic ...
  3. 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 ...
  4. 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.
  5. Dec 23, 2024Germanic religion and mythology - Beliefs, Practices, Institutions: Sacrifice often was conducted in the open or in groves and forests. The human sacrifice to the tribal god of the Semnones, described by Tacitus, took place in a sacred grove; other examples of sacred groves include the one in which Nerthus usually resides. Tacitus does, however, mention temples in Germany, though they were ...
  6. nordicperspective.com

    Feb 17, 2024The Frankish Empire as a whole was raided by primarily Danish Vikings starting around 800 CE after the Franks had defeated the Saxons (who, like the Norse Vikings, followed a Germanic Pagan religion). A full size Viking longship raids a peaceful French village (from the Puy du Fou historical theme park in Vendée, France).
  7. 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).
  8. ancient-origins.net

    Oct 13, 2024Germanic gods like Wotan and Donar were once worshiped in Germany. From Pagan rituals to the Reformation, Germany's rich religious history shaped. ... Paganism was a polytheistic religion, worshipping more than one god, most notably, in this case, the gods Odin, Thor, and Balder being but a few examples.
  9. 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 ...
  10. Germanic Paganism is a religion of largely Germanic elements. There is no evidence that Germanic Paganism was ever a monolithic religion with roots in the Indo-European religious tradition. It has been (and continues to be) argued that Germanic Paganism was the original Pagan religion that Christianity supplanted.
  11. 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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