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Common Germanic deities — The article lists gods and goddesses (Ansewez, Wanizaz) that may be reconstructed for Proto Germanic or Common Germanic Migration period paganism, or which figure in both West and North Germanic mythology. See list of Germanic deities for a… … Wikipedia
Germanic paganism — refers to the religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples preceding Christianization. The best documented version of the Germanic pagan religions is 10th and 11th century Norse paganism, though other information can be found from Anglo Saxon… … Wikipedia
Germanic studies — is the field of study of the Germanic languages and the history of the Germanic peoples.;Subfields *English studies *German studies *Dutch studies *Scandinavian studies *Runology *comparative linguistics (Common Germanic);Founding figures *Jacob… … Wikipedia
Germanic mythology — refers to: *any myths associated with historical Germanic paganism *Norse mythology *Continental Germanic mythology *Anglo Saxon mythology *Germanic folklore (disambiguation)ee also*Common Germanic deities … Wikipedia
Germanic folklore — is recorded folklore of the Germanic speaking peoples. It is often used as a starting point for the reconstruction of a Common Germanic mythology: *Dutch folklore *English folklore *German folklore *Scandinavian folklore *Scottish folklore *Swiss … Wikipedia
Germanic peoples — The Germanic peoples are a historical group of Indo European speaking peoples, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre Roman Iron Age.… … Wikipedia
Germanic substrate hypothesis — The Germanic substrate hypothesis is an attempt to explain the distinctive nature of the Germanic languages within the context of the Indo European language family. It postulates that the elements of the common Germanic vocabulary and syntactical … Wikipedia
Germanic — 1. noun /dʒɜː(ɹ)ˈmæn.ɪk/ a) The early, undocumented language from which other Germanic languages such as German, English, Dutch and Scandinavian languages developed. b) The group of Indo European languages that developed from Germanic. Syn … Wiktionary
Germanic Parent Language — (GPL) is a term used in historical linguistics to describe the chain of reconstructed languages in the Germanic group referred to as Pre Germanic Indo European (PreGmc), Early Proto Germanic (EPGmc), and Late Proto Germanic (LPGmc). It is… … Wikipedia
Germanic Europe — Green: Countries and regions where a Germanic language is the national language Blue: Countries and regions where a Germanic language is an official language Germanic Europe is the part of Europe in which Germanic languages are predominant.… … Wikipedia
