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  1. britannica.com

    Dec 23, 2024Germanic religion and mythology, complex of stories, lore, and beliefs about the gods and the nature of the cosmos developed by the Germanic-speaking peoples before their conversion to Christianity. Germanic culture extended, at various times, from the Black Sea to Greenland, or even the North
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  3. norsemythologist.com

    Studies of Germanic and Norse Mythology in Modern Literature Germanic Paganism. William Beare's 1964 work called Tacitus On The Germans gives a good insight into the Roman writer's thoughts on the Germanic tribes and their beliefs. European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages by Ken Dowden is a thorough account ...
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and ...
  5. historycooperative.org

    Mar 4, 2024Norse and Germanic gods are often thought to be the same set of deities. Many scholars attest to such and there are no doubt similarities between the two. However, Norse mythology is primarily a subset of broader Germanic mythos, not the same. Germanic paganism and mythology include a handful of other cultural and regional mythologies.
  6. 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 ...
  7. nordicperspective.com

    Feb 17, 2024Old Norse mythology is filled with fascinating symbolism, and the runic alphabets of Germanic Europe have told numerous tales of heroic deeds and tragic deaths over the years. Having worked with graphic design for most of my life, I'm a huge fan of typography and symbolism, and also a huge history nerd.
  8. historycooperative.org

    Mar 3, 2023Norse mythology encapsulates the religious beliefs of ancient Scandinavian societies. Known by some as the religion of the Vikings, Norse myths were orally shared for hundreds of years before the introduction of Christianity. ... Norse mythology is the collective myths of Germanic tribes throughout ancient Germania and Scandinavia. It was the ...
  9. thenorsegods.com

    The Norse Gods are the mythological characters that, as far as we know, came from the Northern Germanic tribes of the 9th century AD. These stories were passed down in the form of poetry until the 11th - 18th centuries when the Eddas and other texts were written. ... Norse mythology comprises the pre-Christian beliefs and legends of the ...
  10. norse-mythology.org

    Norse Mythology for Smart People

    https://norse-mythology.org

    Norse Mythology for Smart People provides an accessible, entertaining, and reliable introduction to the Vikings' mythology and religion, with scholarly sources cited for everything. ... Of course, you very well may still find Norse/Germanic mythology to be fascinating and illuminating if you don't have any Germanic in your ancestry.

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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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