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    Germanic paganism or Germanic religion refers to the traditional, culturally significant religion of the Germanic peoples. With a chronological range...
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    significant numbers in Germanic paganism. Both numbers (and multiples thereof) appear throughout surviving attestations of ancient Germanic folklore, in both...
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  • the Germanic languages Germanic name Germanic mythology, myths associated with Germanic paganism Germanic religion (disambiguation) SS Germanic (1874)...
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    Heathenry, also termed Heathenism, contemporary Germanic Paganism, or Germanic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion. Scholars of religious studies classify...
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    mythologies Germanic paganism Ancient Greek religion Minoan religion Mari religion Norse mythology Religion in ancient Rome Sámi shamanism Slavic paganism Thracian...
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    significant importance for horses in Germanic paganism, with them being venerated in a continuous tradition among the Germanic peoples from the Nordic Bronze...
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    Continental Germanic mythology. It was a key element of Germanic paganism. As the Germanic languages developed from Proto-Indo-European language, Germanic mythology...
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    in Germanic paganism and Germanic mythology, both as individuals (sacred trees) and in groups (sacred groves). The central role of trees in Germanic religion...
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    In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabited Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and...
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  • Surviving texts indicate that there was a belief in rebirth in Germanic paganism. Examples occur in eddic poetry and sagas, potentially associated with...
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    also known as Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated...
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    Christianised in the 4th and the 5th centuries. Information on the form of Germanic paganism practiced by the Goths before Christianisation is thus limited to...
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  • Proto-Germanic paganism was the beliefs of the speakers of Proto-Germanic and includes topics such as the Germanic mythology, legendry, and folk beliefs...
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    A prominent position was held by wetlands and islands in Germanic paganism, as in other pagan European cultures, featuring as sites of religious practice...
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    throughout Germania. Germanic-speaking peoples originally shared similar religious practices. Denoted by the term Germanic paganism, they varied throughout...
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  • pagan religion of the Germanic tribal confederation of the Franks has been traced from its roots in polytheistic Germanic paganism through to the incorporation...
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    Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branches during the fifth century BC to fifth century AD: West Germanic, East...
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    Heathenry (Germanic), Rodnovery (Slavic), and Hellenism (Greek). At the other end are eclectic movements, which blend elements of historical paganism with other...
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    Modern paganism in Scandinavia is almost exclusively dominated by Germanic Heathenry, in forms and groups reviving Norse paganism. These are generally...
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    during the initial period of Early Medieval England. A variant of Germanic paganism found across much of north-western Europe, it encompassed a heterogeneous...
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    The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe,...
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  • In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery. They are also referred to with many...
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  • Continental Germanic mythology formed an element within Germanic paganism as practiced in parts of Central Europe occupied by Germanic peoples up to and...
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    Rome. The Germanic peoples eventually overwhelmed the Western Roman Empire, which by the Middle Ages facilitated their conversion from paganism to Christianity...
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    Wyrd (category Germanic paganism)
    beneath the heavens". Like other aspects of Germanic paganism, the concept of wyrd plays a role in modern Germanic Heathenry.[citation needed] The Wyrd Mons...
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    (Etruscans of the central Italian peninsula) Finnish paganism (Finns and Karelians) Germanic paganism (Germanic peoples and tribes of Germania) Greek polytheism...
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  • Germanic religion may refer to: Germanic paganism Christianisation of the Germanic peoples Modern paganism in German-speaking Europe Heathenry (new religious...
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    practiced outside the former Roman Empire, such as Germanic paganism, Egyptian paganism and Baltic paganism. From the point of view of the early Christians...
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    A heathen hof or Germanic pagan temple is a temple building of Germanic religion. The term hof is taken from Old Norse. Etymologically, the Old Norse word...
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    officially Christian, and by 1100 Germanic paganism had also ceased to have political influence in Scandinavia. Germanic peoples began entering the Roman...
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