sacred animal?

[Claire Knudsen-Latta]

Eagle broaches might be important here...

On 19 October 2010 15:55, ingemarn2000 <ingemar at nordgren.se> wrote:

>
>
> 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 <gothic-l%40yahoogroups.com>, Leonardo
> Frithunanthz H-C <leonardo.f.h.c at ...> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
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>


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