Sabine Heidi WALTHER

Academic Year:
2024/2025

Field of Study:
History
Religious Studies

Research Program:
NEC UEFISCDI Award

Affiliation:
University of Bonn

Position:
Adjunct Lecturer

Country:
Germany

Research project: Pre-Christian Germanic Religions in Greek Sources

Greek source texts on Germanic religions are temporally closer to the religious customs they describe than Old Norse source texts, which are considered the primary source of pre-Christian Germanic religions. Greek sources also provide information on Germanic tribes in other regions than Scandinavia. Despite these advantages, Greek sources on Germanic religions are widely neglected in scholarship. The project will try to fill this gap in research by presenting and evaluating these source texts.