Home›Germanic Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe earliest surviving description of Germanic cult places is Tacitus' Germania, written in 98 CE by a Roman who had not visited them and who was arguing about Rome as much as reporting on the north. It is an outsider's account, and the category it created has shaped every later one, including this grouping's own heading. 3OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedCult places of the pre-Christian Germanic peoples - groves, springs, bog deposits and open-air sanctuaries rather than temples in the later sense. What is known of them comes from Roman writers, from later Christian chronicles and from excavation; none of it is a Germanic account of Germanic worship. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreGermanic sacred sites This small group holds a sacred site of the wider Germanic pagan world, a cult place of the pre-Christian Germanic peoples, whose sacred groves and sanctuaries are attested by Roman writers, later chronicles and archaeology. The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes what is known of it, noting the reliance on outside and later sources.TraditionFilter Results2 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Decline End YearAll1200 (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll1000 (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2006-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2025-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll50 (1)800 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 BCE (1)30 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Practice StatusAllDiscontinued as a state religion (1)Living, and practised in varied local forms (1)Status TodayAllHistorical; not practised continuously (1)Living tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition1 entryNorse PaganismTradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Dictionary of Northern Mythologytier 1Rudolf Simek, translated by Angela Hall, D. S. Brewer, 1993View the Source3. Germaniatier 1Publius Cornelius Tacitus, 98Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.