Interpretatio germanica
Identification of Roman gods with their own deities by Germanic peoples / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Interpretatio germanica is the practice by the Germanic peoples of identifying Roman gods with the names of Germanic deities. According to University of Bonn philologist Rudolf Simek, this occurred around the 1st century AD, when both cultures came into closer contact.
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