ghg
At the beginning of the winter, when the days were short, the Teutons thought heavily of their sun God Odin. They asked for its assistance for defeating winter and winter death. They also tried to reconcile the Winterdaemonen by dancing around the fires, humming, sacrificing people under the large oaks and practiced many other religious customs. They also ate and drank a lot and decorated their houses with laurel, Mistel and branches of fir. Annually they waited diligently for the victory of their sun God over bad powers and the new strength of the sun, the warmth and the light. This time of year the sun was celebrated, always reverenceful and friendful, particularly at the longest night of the yearly, December 22.Sun Turning Celebration of The Teutons Most Romans did not believe in God and Christ. From the 17th to the 24th of December they celebrated the birth of the Roman God Saturn with large rejoicing after the style of the Germanic winter sun turning celebration. The Romans decorated their houses with laurel, branches of fir and candles, and drank and ate much. The Roman celebration Saturns was called Saturnalien. Another part of the Roman winter celebration was celebrating the
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Christmas Eve, Christmas German, God Odin, Influence Luther, God Saturn, Catholic Protestant, Saint Nicolas, Saturnalien Roman, Romans Roman, Christamas Eve, branches fir, 25 december, christmas eve, decorated houses, christian child, birth christ, celebration birth christ, houses laurel, celebration birth, celebrated birth, decorated houses laurel, cheerful plays, sun celebration romans, style germanic winter, winter sun celebration,
Approximate Word count = 1886
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
