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Cake day: September 9th, 2026

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  • Caesar claimed the Germanic tribes didn’t have personified gods in his day and worshipped naturalized concepts (the Sun, Fire, etc). He’s also famous for lying about these things though, and it’s very possible he’s speaking of “Germanic” tribes that simply had a lot of Celtic influence that he recognized from his, you know, genocide of Gaul.

    Tacitus said otherwise 150 years later but their names were far different than what we’d recognize and it’s hard to tell if they’re even the same figures.

    Point is, it’s definitely the other way around considering the oldest mention of “Hel” actually comes from the 9th century.