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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines, sometimes called pole gods, have been found at many archaeological sites in Central and Northern Europe. They are generally interpreted as cult images, in some cases presumably depicting deities, sometimes with either a votive or an apotropaic (protective) function. Many have been preserved in peat bogs. The majority are more or less crudely worked poles or forked sticks; some take the form of carved planks. They have been dated to periods from the Mesolithic to the Early Middle Ages, including the Roman Era and the Migration Age. The majority have been found in areas of Germanic settlement, but some are from areas of Celtic settlement and from the later part of the date range, Slavic settlement. A typology has been developed based on the large number

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  • Anthropomorpher Pfahlgott (de)
  • Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe (en)
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  • Anthropomorphe Pfahlgötter (anthropomorph = menschengestaltig; auch als Moorpfähle oder Pfahlgötzen, Idole bezeichnet) sind mehr oder minder grob figürlich bearbeitete Holzstämme, die vermutlich Gottheiten darstellten. Primär ist die zahlenmäßige Verbreitung nach dem archäologischen Befund im germanischen Kultur- beziehungsweise Siedlungsraum Nordwesteuropas verortbar, jedoch gleichfalls für den keltischen Bereich und für westslawische Kulturen bis zur innereurasischen Grenze des Urals. Der Fundniederschlag lässt sich seit der Mittelsteinzeit bis zum Frühmittelalter zeitlich nachweisen. (de)
  • Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines, sometimes called pole gods, have been found at many archaeological sites in Central and Northern Europe. They are generally interpreted as cult images, in some cases presumably depicting deities, sometimes with either a votive or an apotropaic (protective) function. Many have been preserved in peat bogs. The majority are more or less crudely worked poles or forked sticks; some take the form of carved planks. They have been dated to periods from the Mesolithic to the Early Middle Ages, including the Roman Era and the Migration Age. The majority have been found in areas of Germanic settlement, but some are from areas of Celtic settlement and from the later part of the date range, Slavic settlement. A typology has been developed based on the large number (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nationalmuseet_-_Cophenaghne_-_Male_figure.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/0450_Anthropomorpher_Pfahlgott_Altfriesack_anagoria.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wittemoor_Stelen.jpg
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