Continental Germanic Mythology (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Continental Germanic mythology is a subset of Germanic mythology, going back to Germanic polytheism of the Migration period as practiced in parts of Central Europe before gradual Christianization during the 6th to 8th centuries, and continued in the legends, and Middle High German epics during the Middle Ages, also continued although in a recharacterized and less sacred fashion in European folklore and fairy tales. It includes the mythology of many tribes of Germanic peoples, Lombards (source: Paulus Diaconus), Alamanni (see: Nordendorf fibula, Pforzen buckle), Franks and Thuringii (see: Frankish mythology, Donar's Oak), Saxons, Frisians (source: Life of Saint Willibrord)