The Cauchemar - French term which means “fiend that tramples.” The Proto-Germanic word meaning is evil demon or spirit being that rides astride chest of a sleeper and regarded as similar to mythical incubus and succubus.#FolkloreThursday
https://t.co/9uTqX2SEo3

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This Nordic/Germanic folklore character design was such an incredible commission to work on! Liv asked me to human-ify their beastial design and this was the final product - cheers Liv

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BEGUETTS WERE MADE BY THE BELGIANS!
YOUR "BEAUTIFUL" LANGUAGE COMES FROM YOUR GERMANIC ILLITERACY!
YOU ARE THE REASON WW2 STARTED!
ITALIAN WINE IS BETTER!
NAPOLEON WASN'T EVEN FRENCH!

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Yves: old fashioned French name. Derivate from "shrub" in old germanic language; there is a high prob. the name also has welsh languages roots; still linked to the concept of plant/tree. I think it's cute because it makes a connection with Ceres's name xjkssl

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Because of this, the Southern Finnic settlements in Livonia, Ugaunia and East Latvia were not fit to become a stable heart-land for the Finnics. Further north the Finnics assimilated the Germanics living on the coasts of Estonia, adopting their technology and many loanwords.

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The Codex Germanicus 67 manuscript restoration began in 1962 by Hans Heiland's Stuttgart workshop.

All the leaves suffered from severe decay on the green-coloured passages in the miniatures (images).

The restoration has been miraculous. https://t.co/SYesLlT6mq

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The Codex Palatinus Germanicus 67 is a late medieval manuscript from the former Bibliotheca Palatina in Heidelberg Germany.

It belongs to the Codices Palatini Germanici, the German-language manuscripts of the Palatina, kept in the Heidelberg University Library since 1816. https://t.co/nK2ti6FhUE

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warriors from the 4th-3rd centuries BC (Pre-Roman Iron Age)

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In 1849, Germanic scientist Dr Arnold Berthold pioneered endocrinology; a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases and specific secretions known as hormones. This would enhance comprehension of how hormones affect the human body.

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Gerard van Spaendonck, Cultivated Medlar (Mespilus germanica), c. 1800 https://t.co/NS9xye3qhw

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🦌 Fauna Germanica, Diptera
Nuremberg?: s.n., between 1793 and 1805?
https://t.co/P2Dpmzgi9T

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A Mare is a malicious spirit in Germanic and Slavic folklore that rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on nightmares.

RT and❤️ on OpenSea https://t.co/WRFu1wF0Mv

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🦌 Fauna Germanica, Diptera: .
Nuremberg?: s.n., between 1793 and 1805?.
https://t.co/7z1nftK1El

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Late Western Rome, Germanic Infantryman Sheep (4th-5th Century AD) 🐑

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In 1811, Germanic writer Friedrich Fouqué published 'Undine'; a fairytale novella in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight in order to gain a soul. Hans Christian Andersen was influenced by the portrayal of souls in Undine while writing The Little Mermaid (1837).

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2020 десь тут я створила свій паблік у вк...бо мені було тут було КомФоРтНішЕ щітпостити

й цей період - мікс стилістик atnrm Germanich та Enotich (я не пам'ятаю точно ніки, але +- так)

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The triumph of Germanicus, a very popular and prominent Roman general. It included a long procession of captives including Thusnelda, the wife of his rival Arminius and her three-year-old son. AD 17.

by Karl von Piloty, 1873.

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One meaning is thought to be of peace and tranquility, with the Hares appearing alongside Lotus flowers within Chinese sculptures and art. However, there’s evidence to support the symbol has provenence within Celtic, Germanic, Ashkenazi, and Anglo-Saxon religious associations.

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