The corpus of tales that originated with the Germanic people, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology and Continental Germanic mythology is known as Germanic mythology. Roman literature is among the earliest documented sources on Germanic mythology. Other reliable sources for information on Germanic mythology include archaeological evidence, Runic inscriptions and names of places. Germanic mythology is essentially a growth of Proto-Indo-European mythology, just as the Germanic languages evolved from Proto-Indo-European languages. Petroglyphs in Scandinavia and other archaeological artefacts indicate that Germanic mythology has persisted at least since the Nordic Bronze Age. Germanic deities and a multitude of other beings are the subject of stories found in the mythologies of the Germanic people. The first and most well-known poem in the Poetic Edda, Völuspá, tells the story of the creation and destruction of the universe. The seeress in Völuspá narrates how Ginnungagap, a vast magical emptiness, existed at the beginning of the world before Odin and his two brothers raised the Earth out of the sea. They discovered Ask and Embla, the tree trunks they later transformed into the first human couple. The accounts in Vafþrúðnismál and are contradicted to those in Völuspá. These claim that Odin made the universe from the corpse of the Giant Ymir. Búri, which had been formed by the primordial cow , was from where Odin and his brothers originated. Indo-Iranian religion has similarities to Germanic mythology that attest to its ancient Indo-European roots. The tree Yggdrasil serves as a focal point for the Germanic universe. The end of the world is foretold by Germanic mythology in the upcoming Ragnarök. The Vanir and the are two groups of Germanic gods that are attested in Old Norse literature. The former Vanir, who are gods of fertility and wealth, are subordinated by the latter , who are essentially gods of war. A crucial component of Germanic paganism was Germanic mythology. [Information and Image Credit : Germanic_mythology, Wikipedia] [Image : The Painting Nerthus (1905) by shows Nerthus, an early Germanic goddess whose name became among the North Germanic people] [The Work (Image) is in the Public Domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the Life of Author plus 70 years or fewer. The Image work is also in the Public Domain in the United States. (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Source Image URL :
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