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Do not fill this in! ====Germanic==== [[File:Kirkby Stephen Stone by Petersen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|The Kirkby Stephen Stone, discovered in [[Kirkby Stephen]], England, depicts a bound figure, who some have theorized may be the Germanic god [[Loki]].]] {{Main|List of Germanic deities|Germanic paganism|Germanic mythology|Common Germanic deities|Æsir|Vanir}} In [[Germanic languages]], the terms cognate with '[[God (word)|god]]' such as {{lang-ang|god}} and {{lang-non|guð}} were originally neuter but became masculine, as in modern Germanic languages, after [[Christianisation of the Germanic peoples|Christianisation]] due their use in referring to the [[Christian god]].<ref name="gudą">{{cite web |title=Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gudą |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gud%C4%85 |website=Wiktionary |access-date=3 July 2022 |language=en |date=24 October 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703111017/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gud%C4%85 |url-status=live }}</ref> In [[Norse mythology]], {{lang|non|[[Æsir]]}} (singular {{lang|non|áss}} or {{lang|non|ǫ́ss}}) are the principal group of gods,<ref name="áss">{{cite web |title=áss |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1ss#Old_Norse |website=Wiktionary |access-date=3 July 2022 |language=en |date=3 July 2022 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703111017/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1ss#Old_Norse |url-status=live }}</ref> while the term {{lang|non|ásynjur}} (singular {{lang|non|ásynja}}) refers specifically to the female {{lang|non|Æsir}}.<ref name="ásynja">{{cite web |title=ásynja |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1synja#Old_Norse |website=Wiktionary |access-date=3 July 2022 |language=en |date=26 February 2021 |archive-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703111015/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A1synja#Old_Norse |url-status=live }}</ref> These terms, states John Lindow, may be ultimately rooted in the Indo-European root for "breath" (as in "life giving force"), and are cognate with {{lang-ang|os}} (a [[Anglo-Saxon paganism|heathen]] god) and [[Gothic language|Gothic]]: ''anses''.<ref name="Lindow"/>{{rp|49–50}} Another group of deities found in Norse mythology are termed as ''[[Vanir]]'', and are associated with fertility. The ''Æsir'' and the ''Vanir'' [[Æsir–Vanir War|went to war]], according to the Nordic sources. The account in ''[[Ynglinga saga]]'' describes the Æsir–Vanir War ending in truce and ultimate reconciliation of the two into a single group of gods, after both sides chose peace, exchanged ambassadors (hostages),<ref name="Warner"/>{{rp|181}} and intermarried.<ref name="Lindow"/>{{rp|52–53}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gimbutas|first1=Marija|last2=Dexter|first2=Miriam Robbins|title=The Living Goddesses|date=2001|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0-520-22915-0|pages=191–196|edition=1st|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=7DfI39EDbMcC}}|language=en}}</ref> The Norse mythology describes the cooperation after the war, as well as differences between the ''Æsir'' and the ''Vanir'' which were considered scandalous by the other side.<ref name="Warner"/>{{rp|181}} The goddess [[Freyja]] of the ''Vanir'' taught magic to the ''Æsir'', while the two sides discover that while ''Æsir'' forbid [[Incest between siblings|mating between siblings]], ''Vanir'' accepted such mating.<ref name="Warner"/>{{rp|181}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Christensen|first1=Lisbeth Bredholt|last2=Hammer|first2=Olav|last3=Warburton|first3=David|title=The Handbook of Religions in Ancient Europe|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-54453-1|pages=328–329|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=rl5_BAAAQBAJ}}|access-date=28 June 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Oosten|first1=Jarich G.|title=The War of the Gods (RLE Myth): The Social Code in Indo-European Mythology|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-55584-1|page=36|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=5w_wBgAAQBAJ}}|access-date=28 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> [[Heathen hof|Temples]] hosting [[Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe|images]] of Germanic gods (such as [[Thor]], [[Odin]] and [[Freyr]]), as well as pagan worship rituals, continued in [[Scandinavia]] into the 12th century, according to historical records. It has been proposed that over time, Christian equivalents were substituted for the Germanic deities to help suppress [[Old Nordic religion|paganism]] as part of the [[Christianisation of the Germanic peoples]].<ref name="Warner"/>{{rp|187–188}} Worship of the Germanic gods has been revived in the modern period as part of the [[new religious movement]] of [[Heathenry (new religious movement)|Heathenry]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Heathenry as a Postcolonial Movement |url=https://submissions.scholasticahq.com/supporting_files/5682/attachment_versions/5685 |last=Horrell |first=Thad N. |year=2012 |journal=The Journal of Religion, Identity, and Politics |volume=1 |number=1 |page=1 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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