identified with Fosite and the sacred spring of Fositesland.

This hypothesis has not met with universal acceptance.

Reception

Jacob Grimm noted that if, as Adam of Bremen states, Fosite's sacred island was Heligoland, that would make him an ideal candidate for a deity known to both Frisians and Scandinavians, but that it is surprising he is never mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus.

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