Three of the old Germanic gods

Gustave Doré (1832-83), artist

H. Goetzel, engraver

1862

Source: X. B. Santine's La Mythologie du Rhin, 206.

The text surrounding this illustration mentions three Gods: Percunos, who orders the stars; Pikollos, who presides over Hell; and Potrympos, the God of war (but Santine describes him with the face of a young man crowned with flowers.) The following page describes four gods.

Formatting and text by George P. Landow

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