From Pagan Roots to Protestant Reforms: A Religious History of Germany
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Naumberg%20Cathedral%20top%20image.jpg?itok=3k8NEf7-"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Naumberg%20Cathedral%20top%20image.jpg?itok=3k8NEf7-" width="610" height="342" alt="Naumberg Cathedral" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>As of today, Christianity is the most dominant religion in Germany, with a high rate of atheism in the East. This, however, has not always been the case, as there have been notably other religions and theological expressions practiced throughout Germany's history, such as Norse Paganism, the Protestant catechism, and all the controversies that followed. All of these, in total, have contributed to the modern-day German cultural hegemony.</p>
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<p>The first of these religions is German Paganism, which dates from the Bronze Age (2000-500 BC). Paganism was a polytheistic religion, worshipping more than one god, most notably, in this case, the gods Odin, Thor, and Balder being but a few examples.</p>
<p><a href="
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<p>Pagans practiced all the aforementioned rituals and traditions to please and appease their gods and eventually enter the afterlife upon their death. Of all, only a few were destined to spend the rest of eternity (until
Ragnarok, the end times) with their greatest god, Odin.</p>
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