Germanic paganism...?

Try Steven Pollington, Kathleen Herbert and Frank Stenton as starting points. These authors focus on the migration people, the Angles and the Saxons, and the period of their rule over England between the 5th and 11th centuries AD. They are not religious authors, they are factual historians.

Pollington and Herbert are available from http://www.asbooks.co.uk/ and Amazon. Stenton's "Anglo-Saxon England" is a old classic and very thick, it was written in the 1940's so it doesn't cover all the latest archaeological research but if a book doesn't reference it or have it in the bibliography one has to question if the author is serious. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anglo-Saxon-England-Oxford...

The Venerable Bede is a good contemporary source as is Ælfric The Homilist, even though they were Christians they were living in the time of transition from a pagan society to a Christian society.

I would like to know, too, since my ethnicity is primarily German. Like you, I've found Asatru and other more Scandinavian traditions, but nothing that seems specific to the area of Germany. My husband (a well-read pagan) says that the Norse gods were also worshipped in what is now Germany, but I'm sure there had to be more area-specific gods and rituals. I hope someone here will be able to help us out.

not sure which area you are speaking about and several of the 'tribes' were somewhat nomadic so they range over a pretty good distance. You might want to look into the Gothic Runes and the Anglo Saxon runes they were used by the Germanic and Teutonic peoples some of whom were in regions of Germany. Links to Anglo Saxon heathenism with some good resource material below. Hope it helps

Tacitus is one of the best original sources on the Germanics. HR Ellis Davidson merges the Germanic and Norse a bit in her findings.

The Norse Gods are linked to the Germanic but not all of them are the "same". Loki for example is Norse only. He is not found in other lore.

You're going to have to dig up some good old fashioned archological and anthropological stuff on it. The best way to learn about howa culture lived is to study how and why they died.

Sad thing is there are no real written records. Most are reconstructions. You can research the ancient history museums etc. Most have virtual tours and access to writings etc. and get more reliable info.

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It was Pagan Roman not Christians that wiped them out. It was Rome that introduced Roman Gods and destroyed the Germanic ones.

in your search you could use the following key-words:

teutonen

goten

normannen

sachsen

kelten

just to name a few. you will find more information than you need.

http://englishheathenism.homestead.com/introductio... you could try here?