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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. norsemythologist.com

    What Is Norse Paganism? Norse paganism (sometimes called heathenry) originated in the old Norse religion practiced in Scandinavia before Christianity appeared.. Historians believe Norse paganism dates back as far as the Nordic Bronze Age. There were indications it was already established around 2,000 years ago: Tacitus, the Roman historian born around 56AD, observed that Germanic peoples were ...
  3. en.wikipedia.org

    The use of the qualifier "Germanic" (e.g. "Germanic religion" and its variants) remains common in German-language scholarship, but is less commonly used in English and other scholarly languages, where scholars usually specify which branch of paganism is meant (e.g. Norse paganism or Anglo-Saxon paganism). [6]
  4. norsemythology.substack.com

    Dec 4, 2023Norse vs. Germanic An introduction to what these words mean and how they relate to each other. J.G. Harker. Dec 04, 2023. 4. Share this post. Norse Mythology & Germanic Lore. ... As previously stated, far less pagan Germanic material has been preserved from outside Iceland and Scandinavia, yet what bits of information have been preserved point ...
  5. Norse paganism is a kind of Germanic paganism, in the same way the North Germanic languages are a subset of the Germanic languages as a whole. It all stems from the same root but there were/are differences. Tbf even with Norse paganism, what a Swedish farming community inland practiced in 700 AD would have been a bit different to what an ...
  6. With that said, Norse paganism would have had a lot of variation within itself as well. Unfortunately, we can't know what all of the differences between Norse and non-Norse Germanic paganism were because the Norse (specifically Icelanders) were the only ones to record any extensive documentation of their mythology from pagan times. Much of the ...
  7. 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 ...
  8. 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.
  9. The primary difference is the language used which results in a variation of the god's names. We have very little information on germanic paganism as the Romans were the only ones to document their interaction with the german tribes, and while they provide us some insight as they tended to just overlay their beliefs on the germanic tribes.
  10. 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 ...
  11. britannica.com

    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 ...

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