sacred animal?

[ingemarn2000]

I never found that stuff in connection with my studies of Gothic pre-Christian religion  meaning there is nothing written as far as I know. Still they worshipped old Óðinn and Ingun/Freya and hence beleived in Valhall where Särimner the boar is slaughtered every evening and is reborn every morning. Pigs sacrifice is quite probable and the boar is a holy animal of Freya. Her wagon was drawn by  cats but adoration - no. There are a lot of Germanic mythological animals but to what extent they were adored is quite another question. One thing is for sure - they had no dog cult like the Langobards.

Best
Ingemar

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Leonardo Frithunanthz H-C <leonardo.f.h.c at ...> wrote:
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> Hello fellow lovers of the Goths,
> 
> My question goes as follows, did the Goths revere any particular animal and
> if so, did this adoration continue in a syncretic form once they had adopted
> christendom? The same question goes for any particular colour.
> 
> Best regards,
> Leonardo
> 
> -- 
> How to pronounce my surname: fri:ðu:nanθ
> 
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