Teutonic deity

Other forms: Teutonic deities

Definitions of Teutonic deity
  1. noun
    (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
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    examples:
    Donar
    the Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor
    Nerthus
    the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord
    Wotan
    supreme Teutonic god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Anglo-Saxon Woden
    type of:
    deity, divinity, god, immortal
    any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
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