Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Edinensis, Vol. 4 of 6: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature The ancient Germans adored the sun, moon, and earth; they worshipped Thor the god of thunder, and Odin the god ofwar, with the other deities of the north, not in temples, but in woods, groves, and de sert places; their priests bore some resemblance in manners, and in the influence which they exercised over the minds of the people, to the Druids of the Celtic nations; and their belief in omens and oracles, as well as ...
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Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Edinensis, Vol. 4 of 6: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature The ancient Germans adored the sun, moon, and earth; they worshipped Thor the god of thunder, and Odin the god ofwar, with the other deities of the north, not in temples, but in woods, groves, and de sert places; their priests bore some resemblance in manners, and in the influence which they exercised over the minds of the people, to the Druids of the Celtic nations; and their belief in omens and oracles, as well as the other features of their religion, has given rise to the opinion that they, and all the Gothic tribes, derive their origin from Persia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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