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Germanic/Scandinavian Pre-Christian Sacred Groves (regional)
Northern Europe (Scandinavia, Germania; e.g. Tollund fen, Denmark)
Denmark / Germany / Scandinavia
Inactive (pre-Christian; archaeological/textual)
Regional cluster
- Location
- Northern Europe (Scandinavia, Germania; e.g. Tollund fen, Denmark)
- Coordinates
- ~56°N 9.4°E (Tollund, DK)
- Age / Founded
- Iron Age & earlier (e.g. Tollund Man ~500 BC)
- Status
- Inactive (pre-Christian; archaeological/textual)
- Deity & Religion
- Germanic/Norse paganism (tree veneration, world-tree)
- Community & Guardians
- Germanic, Norse & Celtic peoples
- Vernacular name
- Lundr / Lund
- Record type
- Regional cluster
Cultural practices & uses
Tree/grove worship; human sacrifice (bog bodies); cult sites
Plant species
Sacred trees (oak etc.)
Biome & fauna
North European forests & bogs
Threats & protection
N/A (vanished with Christianization)
Source
'The Sacred Grove in Germanic/Scandinavian Pre-Christian Religion' (2015 conference paper)