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Also Known As	Ásatrú • Wodenism • Northern Tradition • Odinism • Forn Sed

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Odinist (Heathen) priest celebrating the summer solstice

Thematic map of Europe displaying the distribution of Germanic languages, with different colors indicating regions where English, German, Netherlandic (Dutch), Frisian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese are spoken. Striped areas mark regions where bilingualism is common, and language regions cover countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and parts of surrounding countries.

picture stone from Tängelgårda, Sweden, showing three icons resembling a valknut

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