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"Isis" of the Suebi

Index "Isis" of the Suebi

In Roman historian Tacitus's first century CE book Germania, Tacitus describes the veneration of what he deems as an "Isis" of the Suebi. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 32 relations: Ancient Egyptian deities, Ancient Rome, Baduhenna, Fólkvangr, Freyja, Germania, Germania (book), Germanic peoples, Greco-Roman world, Hercules, Interpretatio graeca, Isis, Liburnians, Macmillan Publishers, Mars (mythology), Mercury (mythology), Nerthus, Odin, Old Norse, Oxford University Press, Penguin Books, Regnator omnium deus, RMN Newsletter, Sessrúmnir, Stone ship, Suebi, Tacitus, Tamfana, Týr, Thor, University of Helsinki, Vanir.

  2. Germanic deities
  3. Germanic goddesses

Ancient Egyptian deities

Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Baduhenna

In Germanic paganism, Baduhenna is a goddess. "Isis" of the Suebi and Baduhenna are Germanic deities and Germanic goddesses.

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Fólkvangr

In Norse mythology, Fólkvangr (Old Norse:, "field of the host"Orchard (1997:45). or "people-field" or "army-field"Lindow (2001:118).) is a meadow or field ruled over by the goddess Freyja where half of those that die in combat go upon death, whilst the other half go to the god Odin in Valhalla.

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Freyja

In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future).

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Germania

Germania, also called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman province of the same name, was a historical region in north-central Europe during the Roman era, which was associated by Roman authors with the Germanic people.

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Germania (book)

The Germania, written by the Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus around 98 AD and originally entitled On the Origin and Situation of the Germans (De origine et situ Germanorum), is a historical and ethnographic work on the Germanic peoples outside the Roman Empire.

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Germanic peoples

The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.

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Greco-Roman world

The Greco-Roman civilization (also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans.

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Hercules

Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena.

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Interpretatio graeca

Greek translation, or "interpretation by means of Greek ", refers to the tendency of the ancient Greeks to identify foreign deities with their own gods.

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Isis

Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world.

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Liburnians

The Liburnians or Liburni (Λιβυρνοί) were an ancient tribe inhabiting the district called Liburnia, a coastal region of the northeastern Adriatic between the rivers Arsia (Raša) and Titius (Krka) in what is now Croatia.

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Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster).

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Mars (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Mārs) is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome.

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Mercury (mythology)

Mercury (Mercurius) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the 12 Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon.

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Nerthus

In Germanic paganism, Nerthus is a goddess associated with a ceremonial wagon procession. "Isis" of the Suebi and Nerthus are Germanic goddesses.

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Odin

Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Penguin Books

Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.

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Regnator omnium deus

In Tacitus' work Germania from the year 98, regnator omnium deus (god, ruler of all) was a deity worshipped by the Semnones tribe in a sacred grove.

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RMN Newsletter

RMN Newsletter is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published on a bi-annual basis by the University of Helsinki’s Department of Folklore Studies.

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Sessrúmnir

In Norse mythology, Sessrúmnir (Old Norse "seat-room"Orchard (1997:138). or "seat-roomer"Simek (2007:280).) is both the goddess Freyja's hall located in Fólkvangr, a field where Freyja receives half of those who die in battle (Odin takes the other half to Valhalla), and also the name of a ship.

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Stone ship

The stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany, and the Baltic states.

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Suebi

The Suebi (also spelled Suevi) or Suebians were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.

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Tacitus

Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (–), was a Roman historian and politician.

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Tamfana

In Germanic paganism, Tamfana is a goddess. "Isis" of the Suebi and Tamfana are Germanic goddesses.

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Týr

italic (Old Norse: Týr) is a god in Germanic mythology, a valorous and powerful member of the Æsir and patron of warriors and mythological heroes.

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Thor

Thor (from Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.

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University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki (Helsingin yliopisto, Helsingfors universitet; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland.

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Vanir

In Norse mythology, the Vanir (Old Norse:, singular Vanr) are a group of gods associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future.

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See also

Germanic deities

Germanic goddesses

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/"Isis"_of_the_Suebi

Also known as Isis of the Suebi.