Editing Modern paganism (section)

====Germanic====
{{Main|Heathenry (new religious movement)}}
[[File:Nordiska gudabilder vid julgille.jpg|thumb|A Heathen altar for household worship in [[Gothenburg]], Sweden]]

Heathenism, also known as Germanic neopaganism, refers to a series of contemporary pagan traditions based on the historical religions, culture and literature of Germanic-speaking Europe. Heathenry is spread out across northwestern Europe, North America and Australasia, where the descendants of historic Germanic-speaking people now live.{{Sfn|Harvey|2007|p=53}}

Many Heathen groups adopt variants of [[Norse mythology]] as a basis for their beliefs, conceiving of the Earth as on the great world tree [[Yggdrasil]]. Heathens believe in multiple polytheistic deities adopted from historical Germanic mythologies. Most are polytheistic realists, believing that the deities are real entities, while others view them as [[Jungian archetypes]].{{Sfn|Harvey|2007|p=54-58}}