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Odin, Thor, Loki and the entire heaven of gods. Who doesn't know them all?
But were these really the gods of the Germanic peoples from the 1st to the 4th century AD, the period in which we speak of Germanic peoples? Or is it rather a romanticised link to the Old Norse heaven of the gods, which was only handed down to us from the 12th century AD, i.e. the Middle Ages?
What can we actually grasp from the cult and belief conception of the Germanic societies and what did they look like?
In our new video, Sebastian Olschok clarifies the myths and the provable facts.
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Video: © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Music: Old Fashioned Parlour Piano. Domansed;
Ride of the Valkyries. Richard Wagner
Opening and closing credits music: Fornnordiska Klanger. Researched and produced by Casja S. Lund