Germanic mythology

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cultural tradition mythology religious tradition

Germanic mythology is the body of pre-Christian myths, legends, and religious beliefs of the Germanic peoples, encompassing Norse, Anglo-Saxon, and continental traditions featuring gods like Odin, Thor, and Freyja.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Germanic mythology canonical	9
Germanic paganism	6
Anglo-Saxon mythology	1
Anglo-Saxon paganism	1
Norse paganism	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural tradition ⓘ mythology ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ
associatedLanguageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ
centralDeity	Baldr NERFINISHED ⓘ Donar NERFINISHED ⓘ Freyja NERFINISHED ⓘ Freyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Frigg NERFINISHED ⓘ Heimdall NERFINISHED ⓘ Hel NERFINISHED ⓘ Loki NERFINISHED ⓘ Njord NERFINISHED ⓘ Odin NERFINISHED ⓘ Thor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiw NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyr NERFINISHED ⓘ Wodan NERFINISHED ⓘ
cosmologyFeature	world tree ⓘ
declineCause	Christianization of Germanic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
eschatologyFeature	final battle of the gods ⓘ
follows	Germanic paganism ⓘ
hasPart	Anglo-Saxon mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Continental Germanic mythology ⓘ Frankish mythology ⓘ Frisian mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Gothic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Lombardic mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Norse mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ Old High German mythology ⓘ Old Saxon mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesBeing	dragons ⓘ dwarfs ⓘ elves ⓘ giants ⓘ valkyries ⓘ
includesConcept	Nine Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ Ragnarok NERFINISHED ⓘ Valhalla NERFINISHED ⓘ Yggdrasil NERFINISHED ⓘ fate ⓘ wyrd ⓘ
includesPractice	divination ⓘ magic ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ seidr ⓘ
influenced	Germanic neopaganism ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ modern fantasy literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Proto-Germanic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
practicedBy	Germanic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Central Europe ⓘ Northern Europe ⓘ
religionType	polytheism ⓘ
sourceText	Anglo-Saxon poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ Poetic Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ Prose Edda NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval chronicles ⓘ runic inscriptions ⓘ sagas ⓘ
timePeriod	pre-Christian era ⓘ
worshipPlaces	sacred groves ⓘ temples ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse god Thor → culture → Germanic mythology ⓘ

subject surface form: Thor

Siegfried → associatedWith → Germanic mythology ⓘ

Der Ring des Nibelungen → basedOn → Germanic mythology ⓘ

Das Rheingold → basedOn → Germanic mythology ⓘ

Deira → hasReligion → Germanic mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon paganism

Yule → historicalReligion → Germanic mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norse paganism

Vili → culture → Germanic mythology ⓘ

Germanic Europe → associatedWithMythology → Germanic mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon mythology

Geri → worshipContext → Germanic mythology ⓘ