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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    The god Baldr is attested from Scandinavia, England, and Germany; except for the Old High German Second Merseburg Charm (9th century CE), all literary references to the god are from Scandinavia and nothing is known of his worship. [233] The god Freyr was the most important fertility god of the Viking Age. [234]
  2. britannica.com

    Dec 23, 2024The gods. Old Norse sources name a great number of deities. The evidence of place-names suggests that one cult succeeded another. Names, especially those in southeastern Norway and southern Sweden, suggest that there was once widespread worship of a god Ull (Ullr). Indeed, an early poem reports an oath on the ring of Ull, suggesting that he was once one of the highest gods, at least in some areas.
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    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 ...
  5. Did the the Germans have their own Pagan beliefs or did they (roughly) worship the same gods as their Norse cousins? (This obviously applies to pre-Christian Europe, but if anyone has found anything applicable during the Christianization of Europe, feel free to add it!) ... Thunraz, becoming Odin and Thorr in Old Norse, Woutan and Donar in old ...
  6. en.wikipedia.org

    Old Norse religion, also known as Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peoples.It was replaced by Christianity and forgotten during the Christianisation of Scandinavia.Scholars reconstruct aspects of North Germanic Religion by historical linguistics ...
  7. norsemythologist.com

    The god of thunder was Thor to the Germans and the Norse, and Thunor to the Anglo-Saxons. Runes were commonly used in both belief systems. Their use started in the first century AD. Both religions made sacrificial offerings outside in sacred groves. The Norse called their blood sacrifices "blót." Germanic Vs. Norse Deities
  8. en.wikipedia.org

    A scene from one of the Merseburg Incantations: gods Wodan and Balder stand before the goddesses Sunna, Sinthgunt, Volla, and Friia (Emil Doepler, 1905). In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses.Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature ...
  9. ancient-origins.net

    Oct 13, 2024Overall, Norse Paganism provided a structure for the early Germans to abide by, and many people, not just Germans, still worship the Pagan deities and practice Pagan rituals today. Examples are Druids and Wiccans, and some neopagan groups even worship at temples to Roman gods. Stories of the Druids Abound, But What is the Hard Archaeological ...
  10. historycooperative.org

    Mar 4, 2024Germanic gods and goddesses are the deities that were worshiped throughout ancient Germania. The 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
  11. whereishermes.com

    Medieval Mythographers and the Divisions of the Germanic Gods. As a result of the work of the medieval mythographers who compiled the Norse and Germanic myths, we know that the gods were divided into two major families: that of the Æsir (the plural form of áss, "god"), which primarily represented the warrior class but also included female goddesses referred to as the Ásynjur (sg ...

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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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