So I'm more Swiss than anything. Next biggest percentage is Swedish. I've been wondering a lot whether there could have been any distant link in beliefs? The German and Norse gods are all the same dudes, essentially (Odin/Wotan etc) and one of my favourite legends is the Rhinesgold, set of course in Germany. But the Rhine starts in Switzerland. I'm assuming that there would've been trade etc up and down the river, and that beliefs and legends would've been shared along it's route, so maybe there is some links? I'm also fairly sure that Christianity/Catholicism came to Switzerland in around the 6th Century, so it was a long time ago that there was anything else, as Switzerland is fairly Catholic these days. My grandfather has traced his family back to the 14th Century, but that's not far enough. I intend to ask my grandmother if she knows anything, as she lived much more rurally than my grandfather and I imagine that there would have been more retention of 'pagan' beliefs in the country areas, but chances are there's not much left.
Pretty much I'm wondering if there is any linkage between what we know about the Norse and Teutonics and Switzerland.
Ta.
Pretty much I'm wondering if there is any linkage between what we know about the Norse and Teutonics and Switzerland.
Ta.
Comment