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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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    The primary sources for pre-Christian Germanic beliefs can be found in certain manuscripts. "Concerning the Origin and Situation of the Germanics" by historian Gaius Cornelius Tacitus narrates the geographic area, laws and customs of the German people. Tacitus never journeyed to those lands and was believed to have copied from an earlier and ...
  3. britannica.com

    Germanic religion, Beliefs, rituals, and mythology of the pre-Christian Germanic peoples, in a geographic area extending from the Black Sea across central Europe and Scandinavia to Iceland and Greenland.The religion died out in central Europe with the conversion to Christianity (4th century) but continued in Scandinavia until the 10th century.
  4. britannica.com

    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. britannica.com

    Dec 23, 2024A common word for a holy place in Old English is hearg and in Old High German harug, occasionally glossed. Germanic 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 ...
  6. German Beliefs. A brief overview of the religious and philosophical history of Germany. ... Pre-Christian Faiths of Germania. Ancient Germanic peoples practiced a variety of faiths depending on their location and cultural background in Europe. The majority were likely followers of Germanic paganism, in competition with Celtic polytheism to the ...
  7. cambridge.org

    Mar 17, 2023Of All The Fields of early Germanic culture and literature, none has been as badly marred by ideological controversies as the study of the pre-Christian heathen Germanic religion. The great interest taken by the political and cultural leaders of the Third Reich in this field was unfortunately shared by many university teachers at the time.
  8. infoplease.com

    Conversion of the Germans to Christianity began as early as the 4th cent. a.d., but it took many centuries for the new religion to spread throughout the northern lands of Europe. In Nazi Germany the spirit of the old religion and the heroic attributes of the Germanic gods were revived as part of the propaganda program of the Nazi party.
  9. cambridge.org

    The Cambridge History of Christianity - September 2008. ... blending with the legacy of the pre-Christian Germanic past. To apply a linguistic category to religion and religious practice and talk of a typical Christianity practiced by speakers of Germanic languages would be misleading, especially across such a vast area and such an eventful ...
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