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Ēostre or Ostara is a Germanic goddess who is the namesake of the festival of Easter in some languages. The first scholar to make a connection between the goddess Eostre and hares was Adolf Holtzmann: 'probably the hare was the sacred animal of Ostara'.

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2020-04-09

🌷#Melusine;
A heraldic symbol, as well as name, of Germanic origin; meaning
“hard worker”;

Melusine, mother’s name, ‘Pressyne;’(suffix ‘syne’)- ‘to take on an appearance of’ ~ siren?

MELISENDE; Melisandre
{name used by GR.Martin,’Songs of Fire and Ice’,}

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2020-04-07

Odin, king of Norse/Germanic gods, was occasionally found leading the terrifying Wild Hunt. Anyone witnessing this cavalcade had surely seen an omen of death, a divine sanction to war, with the horror of being pulled into the furious cohort to be lost forever.

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2020-04-06

Today I learned that the symbol on the base of Stonjourner's "legs" is actually a Germanic/Anglo-Saxon Rune symbol which stands for love, peace and harmony among other things

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2020-03-14

A Germanic legend states will-o'-the-wisp are the souls of unbaptized children; to free them, one need only throw a handful of consecrated ground at the fiery orbs.
Will-o'-wisp by Ilyich at Deviant Art

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2020-03-10

In the Japanese version of his solo ending, it details that Gerik decided to go on a carefree vacation journey, which is why he disappeared from mercenary work.

'Gerik' is a variation of the name "Garrick", which comes from the Germanic name 'gar' (spear) and 'ric' (kingdom).

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2020-03-09

January's Patron Poll winner is Nero Claudius Caesar Germanicus! AKA best girl. You can see all of her here for $1 and get access to future polls!
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2020-02-29



Я Germanich, веду свой паблик с 2013 года, сейчас активно работаю над тем, чтобы начать рисовать свой комикс под названием Carte blanche. Мне нравится эстетика 50-х, ретро музыка, и всякое прочее старье
https://t.co/5MmL83dOeS

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2020-02-04

You kno my far east meets Germanic folk tea set gijinka doodles?? Anyways meet Her

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2020-01-20

The Wild Hunt is a concept of pre-Christian Germanic religion that denotes ghostly riders leading a ghostly army through winter storms during the Twelve Nights of Yuletide. This concept appears across European folklore but is chiefly linked to Germanic regions of northern Europe.

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2019-12-04

A Germanic legend states will-o'-the-wisp are the souls of unbaptized children; to free them, one need only throw a handful of consecrated ground at the fiery orbs.
Will-o'-wisp by Ilyich at Deviant Art

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2019-11-15

Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent is a 1790 painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. It depicts one of the most popular myths in Germanic mythology, Thor's fishing trip with a giant. The nude and muscular Thor stands in Hymir's boat with the Jörmungandr on his fish hook.

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2019-10-31

WILD HUNT In Celtic & Germanic folklore a furious bunch of of the restless dead, which ride through the sky on their phantom horses accompanied by spectral hounds, shrieking & making wild noises; reported as late as 1940 in England on All Hallow's Eve

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2019-10-23

is really out here blowing my art history loving mind out of the water with this artistic twist of old paintings. I really love the Dutch art mixed with some of the Germanic tones in BE ♡♡♡
Calendar month painting from game< >pieter bruegel , hunters in the snow (1565)

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2019-09-02

The 25-volume "Icones florae Germanicae et Helveticae" (1834-1912) is a comprehensive work on the flora of middle Europe. It features over 3,000 hand-coloured engraved and lithographic plates. Explore the work in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/ob3JMuLaew 🌸🌼🌸

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2019-08-21

The linden (lípa) tree is a national symbol of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Sacred to the slavs, it was also revered as a source of healing, fertility, and fortune in Roman, Celtic, and Germanic mythologies. Plant one to ward off evil spirits!

Art: Mucha

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2019-08-01

ah... some doodles of the germanic nations from a while ago.

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2019-07-27

First mentioned in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus, in Germanic folklore the Undine are female water nymphs who can only gain a human soul by marrying a human man. They lurk in bodies of water singing beautifully to lure their suitors

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2019-07-11