Nerthus, a Divinity in Germanic paganism, is connected to ritual wagon parade. In his ethnographic research Germania from the first century AD, the Roman historian Tacitus mentions Nerthus. Tacitus mentions a special group of Germanic people in Germania who stood out for their devotion to the Goddess. Tacitus gives a thorough account of the wagon procession: The location of Nerthus-Cart in the Ocean on an Island is unknown, but it is stored in a sacred grove and covered with white fabric. It can ... (Read More)