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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XXX: Revolt Of The Goths
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His principal temple was at Rhetra in Mecklenburg.

It was adorned with great magnificence.

The statue of the gold was of gold.

St.Martin, v.255.A statue of Radegast, of much coarser materials, and of the rudest workmanship, was discovered between 1760 and 1770, with those of other Wendish deities, on the supposed site of Rhetra.

The names of the gods were cut upon them in Runic characters.
See the very curious volume on these antiquities--Die Gottesdienstliche Alterthumer der Obotriter--Masch and Wogen.


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