Numbers in Germanic paganism

The Stentoften Stone, bearing a runic inscription that likely describes a blót of nine he-goats and nine male horses bringing fertility to the land.[1]

The numbers three, nine, and other multiples of three are significant numbers in Germanic paganism. Both numbers (and multiples thereof) appear throughout surviving attestations of ancient Germanic folklore, in both mythology and Germanic paganism.[2] Along with the number 27, both numbers also figure into the lunar Germanic calendar.[2]

  1. ^ Santesson 1989, p. 221.
  2. ^ a b Simek (2007), pp. 232–233.