Ganna (seer)
Ganna ( Greek Γάννα ) was a Germanic seer from the Semnonen tribe who was the successor of the Veleda at the end of the 1st century .
"Masyos, King of the Semnones, and Ganna, a virgin who appeared as a seer after Veleda in Germania, came to Domitian, were honored by him and then brought back"
Ganna accompanied Masyas to negotiations with Emperor Domitian , either to his temporary stay in Gaul or to Rome. Like her predecessor Veleda, Ganna (both described as virgins ) probably also had political influence in addition to her religious functions in mantic , prophecy and magic practices ( galsters ). The name Gannas is interpreted in connection with Old Norse gandr 'magic wand'. As with the Veleda, the Waluburg and , to a certain extent, the Albruna , it is a "speaking" function name of a seer.
literature
- Walter Baetke: The religion of the Teutons in source certificates . 3. Edition. Moritz Diesterweg, Frankfurt / M. 1944.
- Franz Rolf Schröder: Source book for Germanic religious history. De Gruyter, Berlin and Leipzig 1933.
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X , pp. 367-369.
- Sabine Tausend: Germanic seers. In: Klaus Tausend: Inside Germaniens - Relations between the Germanic tribes from the 1st century BC. To the 2nd century AD. Verlag Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-515-09416-0 , pp. 155-174 ( Geographica Historica. Volume 25).
Remarks
- ↑ Quoted from W. Baetke: The religion of the Germanic people in source certificates, p. 113.
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| SURNAME | Ganna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Germanic seer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |