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| 2nd Dynasty of Lagash: | Puzer-Mama • Gudea |
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Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the religion of the Iron Age Celts.[1] Like other Iron Age Europeans, the early Celts maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure. Among Celts in close contact with Ancient Rome, such as the Gauls and Celtiberians, their mythology did not survive the Roman Empire, their subsequent conversion to Christianity, and the loss of their Celtic languages. It is mostly through contemporary Roman and Christian sources that their mythology has been preserved. The Celtic peoples who maintained either their political or linguistic identities (such as the Gaels, Picts, and Brittonic tribes of Great Britain and Ireland) left vestigial remnants of their ancestral mythologies, put into written form during the Middle Ages.
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Celtic mythology
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 complete list of Germanic gods and goddesses, including those for whom there is insufficient attestation to produce Common Germanic reconstructions.[citation needed]
Deities[edit]
- gods
- Wōdanaz, "lord of poetic/mantic inspiration", "Germanic Mercury", Norse Óðinn (often Anglicized Odin or, especially in older texts, Othin), Old English Wōden, Old High German Wuotan.
- Þunraz, "thunder", "Germanic Jupiter", Norse Þórr (Thor), West Germanic Donar, Old English Þunor.
- Teiwaz, god of war and possibly early sky god, "Germanic Mars", Norse Týr and possibly Tir, Old English Tiw, Old High German Ziu, continues Indo-European Dyeus.
- Ermunaz, Saxon god (speculative, based on Nennius' Armenon). The word means "strong" or "exalted" (Old High German ermen, Old Norse jǫrmaun or jörmun, Old English Eormen).
- Wulþuz, "glorious one", possibly originally an epitheton, mentioned on the Thorsberg chape, continued in Norse Ullr.
- Ingwaz or Inguz, identified with the god addressed as fraujaz "lord" (Old High German frô, Gothic frauja, Old English frēa, Old Norse freyr)
- goddesses
- Nerþuz, described by Tacitus as Mother Earth, possibly continued in Norse Njǫrðr (Njord, Njorth).
- Frijjō, "wife" (specifically here the wife of Wōdanaz), Old English Frige, Norse Frigg, cf. Sanskrit priyā "mistress, wife".
Further information: Frigg and Freyja origin hypothesis
- Fraujō, daughter of Njǫrðr, Norse Freyja, Old High German Frouwa, Old English frēo meaning "lady", cf. Gothic Fráujo "lady, mistress", German "Frau", Swedish, Danish and Norwegian "Fru."
- Fullō, goddess—or *Fullaz, god—of riches, plenty. Corresponds to Norse Fulla.
- Wurdiz, "fate", Norse Urðr (Urd, Urth), Old English Wyrd.
- Sōwilō, the Sun, Norse Sól, Old English Sunne, Old High German Sunna.
Semi-gods or mythical heroes[edit]
- Auzawandilaz, Old English: Ēarendel; Old Norse: Aurvandil; Lombardic: Auriwandalo; Old High German: Orentil, Erentil; Medieval Latin: Horuuendillus, the morning star(?).
- Gautaz, Old English: Geat; Old Norse: Gautr, mythical ancestor of royal houses.
- Wēlanduz, Old English: Wēland; Old Norse: Völundr, Velentr; Old High German: Wiolant; from *Wēla-nandaz, lit. "battle-brave",[1] a mythical or Elven smith.
- Agilaz, Old English Ægil, Alamannic: Aigil, Old Norse: Egil, a mythical archer.
Mythical races[edit]
Cosmology[edit]
- Medjanagardaz inhabited world
- erþo anþi uppahemenaz Germanic formula[citation needed] for "heaven and earth", notably naming earth first. Mentioned in the Norse Edda, Skarpåker Stone and Old High German Wessobrunner Gebet etc.
- Haljō Underworld
- Muþspell (see Muspilli and Muspelheim) Disastrous world-ending (c.f. Ragnarok)
See also[edit]
Note that many synonyms exist for Egyptian deities; what follows is a list of each distinct entry, and does not contain any synonyms of the names for deities.
Concepts[edit]
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Deities[edit]
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