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The list of early Germanic peoples is a catalog of ancient Germanic cultures, tribal groups, and other alliances of Germanic tribes and civilizations from antiquity. This information is derived from various ancient historical sources, beginning in the 2nd century BC and extending into late antiquity.
The East Germanic peoples, the Langobards, and the Suevi in Spain converted to Arian Christianity, [284] a form of Christianity that believed that God the Father was superior to God the Son. [285] The first Germanic people to convert to Arianism were the Visigoths, at the latest in 376 when they entered the Roman Empire.
Early Germanic peoples believed that heroic death in battle would enable a warrior admittance to Valhalla, a majestic hall presided over by Odin, chief of the Germanic pantheon. [ 52 ] In times of distress, a Germanic tribe would on occasion embark on a wholesale mass-migration, in which the entire able-bodied population became engaged in war.
Pages in category "Early Germanic peoples" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
List of early Germanic peoples; List of Goguryeo people; H. ... List of early Slavic peoples; T. List of Thracian Greeks; U. List of unusual deaths in antiquity
Germanic people by century (14 C); Early Germanic women (13 C, 4 P) * Germanic families (10 C, 3 P) Early Germanic warriors (11 C, 41 P) A. Alemannic people (3 C, 3 P)
Early Germanic peoples (40 C, 152 P) C. Germanic culture (6 C, 10 P) H. Germanic history (9 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Germanic peoples" The following 4 pages are in ...
North Germanic peoples, Nordic peoples [1] and in a medieval context Norsemen, [2] were a Germanic linguistic group originating from the Scandinavian Peninsula. [3] They are identified by their cultural similarities, common ancestry and common use of the Proto-Norse language from around 200 AD, a language that around 800 AD became the Old Norse ...