Continental Germanic mythology
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Continental Germanic mythology is a subset of Germanic mythology, going back to South Germanic polytheism as practiced in parts of Central Europe before gradual Christianization during the 6th to 8th centuries, and continued as legends, folklore, fairy tales, and Middle High German epics during the Middle Ages.
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[edit] Migration period
It includes the mythology of the
- Lombards (source: Paulus Diaconus)
- Alamanni (see: Nordendorf fibula, Pforzen buckle)
- Franks and Thuringii (see: Donar's Oak)
- Saxons (see: Irminsul)
- Frisians (source: Life of Saint Willibrord)
[edit] Old High German
[edit] Middle ages
[edit] See also
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