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    Germanic mythology

    Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. It was a key element of Germanic paganism. Wikipedia

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  2. norsemythologist.com

    Germanic Vs. Norse Deities. Several Germanic pagan deities recur among the Germanic peoples, most commonly Wodan or Wotan to Germanic peoples, Woden to the Anglo-Saxons, or Odin to the Norse. The Norse god Thor (or Þórr) is Donar to continental Germanics and Þunor to the Anglo-Saxons. *Also, make sure to check my article on Norse Gods
  3. norsemythology.substack.com

    Dec 4, 2023The word Norse is a commonly-accepted English term referring to speakers of North-Germanic languages in the medieval period, thus making vikings and other medieval Scandinavians a historical subset of Germanic people. In terms of being religiously unique, ancient Norse pagans converted to Christianity later than all other Germanic groups, and ...
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    Nerthus (1905) by Emil Doepler depicts Nerthus, an early Germanic goddess whose name developed into Njörðr among the North Germanic peoples. Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. [1] [2] [3] It was a key element of Germanic paganism.
  5. Without getting into too much detail, there were some differences, though obviously many of the basic ideas were the same. What we know as "Norse" mythology is probably more elaborate and systematized than the earlier pre-literate beliefs, thanks to the efforts of Snorri Sturluson, who wrote a manual on it called Skaldskaparmal, "Language of Poetry".
  6. So to finally get to the answer to your question, the difference between "Norse religion" and "Germanic paganism" is that Norse paganism is a subcategory of Germanic paganism. It shares similarities with Germanic paganism from other areas, but has unique aspects as well based on the natural evolution of things.
  7. 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 ...
  8. Dec 23, 2024Germanic religion and mythology - Norse, Pagan, Gods: The story of the beginning is told, with much variation, in three poems of the Elder Edda, and a synthesis of these is given by Snorri Sturluson in his Prose Edda. Snorri adds certain details that he must have taken from sources now lost. Defective as it is, the account of the "Völuspá" appears to be the most rational description of ...
  9. There's a fork in the road down the line of cultural evolution of the Germanic deities: some already had different names and forms depending on tribes and areas of cultural influence, some were directly and exclusive parts of the Norse religion, which by the way was the latest stage of the ancient Germanic religious evolution, as by the advent ...
  10. There are three branches of the family: East Germanic is now extinct but was represented by the Gothic language; West Germanic is represented by the various dialects of German, Dutch, Frisian, and English; and North Germanic is represented by Old Norse and the various languages that descended from it.
  11. Jun 23, 2024For this reason, Germanic mythology is synonymous with Norse mythology. German and Nordic Language How Similar Are They? There is a degree of similarity between the German and Nordic languages due to their common origin as Germanic languages. However, there are also significant differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.

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