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According to Tacitus's
Germania (AD 98),
Tuisto (or Tuisco) is the
legendary divine ancestor of the
Germanic peoples. The
figure remains the
subject of...
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historical linguistics and
comparative mythology,
scholars have
linked Ymir to
Tuisto, the Proto-Germanic
being attested by
Tacitus in his 1st century CE ethnography...
- the only
source of
these myths.
Tacitus wrote that
Mannus was the son of
Tuisto and the
progenitor of the
three Germanic tribes Ingaevones,
Herminones and...
- the
mighty destroyer of enemies,
struck Vritra and
killed him with it
Tuisto Dalal,
Roshen (2014-04-15). The Vedas: An
Introduction to Hinduism's Sacred...
- than the
three sons of his
listed in the Bible. Specifically,
Tuiscon or
Tuisto is
given as the
fourth son of Noah, who had been the
first ruler of Scythia...
- the
three tribal groups descended from the
three sons of Mannus, son of
Tuisto,
progenitor of all the
Germanic peoples, the
other two
being the Irminones...
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Aventinus (ca. 1525)
reported Gothus as one of 20
dukes who
accompanied Tuisto into Europe,
settling Gothaland as his
personal fief,
during the
reign of...
- the god Mannus, son of
Tuisto.
Tacitus also
mentions a
second tradition that
there were four sons of
either Mannus or
Tuisto from whom the
groups of...
- Earth, so Thor is also the son of the Earth, just like the proto-ancestor
Tuisto ... ".
According to
folklorist John Lindow, "Jörd must have been a giantess...
- of
complementary beings entwined together. The
Germanic names Ymir and
Tuisto were
understood as 'twin', 'bi****ual', or 'hermaphrodite', and some myths...
