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TEUTONIC DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Teutonic deity" is a kind 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)
Domain category:
mythology (myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person)
Teuton (a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans)
Instance hyponyms:
Donar (the Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor)
Hertha; Nerthus (the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord)
Wotan (supreme Teutonic god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Anglo-Saxon Woden)
