by bishop Adam of Bremen (11th century CE), and various saints' lives.

Outside influences and syncretism

thumbGermanic religion has been influenced by the beliefs of other cultures. Celtic and Germanic peoples were in close contact in the first millennium BCE, and evidence for Celtic influence on Germanic religion is found in religious vocabulary. This includes, for instance, the name of the deity *Þun(a)raz (Thor),

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