Teutonic deity

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Teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons

mythology - myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person

deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

Teuton - a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans

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The Teutonic deity Eostra was the goddess of spring and fertility, and feasts were organised in her honour on the Vernal Equinox.