The term “Germanic” originated in classical times when groups of tribes living in Lower, Upper, and Greater Germania were referred to using this label by Roman scribes. The generally lived to the north and east of the Gauls. They were a collection of ethnic groups of continental Northern European origin, identified by Roman-era authors as distinct from neighboring Celtic peoples.
Germanic paganism refers to the ethnic religion practiced by the Germanic peoples from the Iron Age until Christianisation during the Middle Ages.
They practiced some spiritual rituals including sacrifice, divination and they believed in a spiritual connection with the natural environment. They also used spells to influence spirits and believed that the gods like Wodan and Thor (known to them as Donar) inhabited the sky.
