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    Irminism

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    Irminism (German: Irminenschaft or Irminenreligion) is a current of Ariosophy based on a Germanic deity Irmin supposedly reconstructed from literaric, linguistic and onomastic sources. Among other sources the prefix "Irmin" is documented in the Irminsul "great pillar that supports all"/"Columna Universalis Sustenans Omni", as described in Einhards 'Vita Karoli Magni', and informed[weasel words] by Tacitus (~1st century) via a mentioned Germanic tribe name of Hermiones; the Old Saxon adjective irmin being synonymous to "great, strong". As such it may also have been an epithet of later deities like Ziu (Týr) or Wodan (Odin)).[citation needed] Purported evidence[which?] also stems[weasel words] from the occurrence of the word "Irmingot", found in the Old High German "Hildebrandslied".

    References

    • Wiligut, Karl Maria (2001). The Secret King: Karl Maria Wiligut, Himmler's Lord of the Runes. Dominion. ISBN 1-885972-21-0. 
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    • Mund, Rudolf. 1982. Der Rasputin Himmlers: Die Wiligut Saga.
    • Lange, Hans-Jürgen. 1998. Karl Maria Wiligut - Himmlers Rasputin und seine Erben.




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