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Mannus, according to the Roman writer
Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. Tacitus’ two major historical works, ''Annals'' ( ...
, was a figure in the creation myths of the Germanic tribes. Tacitus is the only source of these myths. This is a university textbook and exists in several variants printed for different major institutions. Reprinted 2007, . Tacitus wrote that Mannus was the son of Tuisto and the progenitor of the three Germanic tribes
Ingaevones The Ingaevones () or Ingvaeones () were a Germanic peoples, Germanic cultural group living in the Northern Germania along the North Sea coast in the areas of Jutland, Holstein, and Lower Saxony in classical antiquity. Tribes in this area include ...
, Herminones and Istvaeones. In discussing the German tribes, Tacitus wrote: Several authors consider the name ''Mannus'' in Tacitus's work to stem from an Indo-European root. The Latinized name is evidently of some relation to
Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...
, 'man'. Mannus again became popular in literature in the 16th century, after works published by Annius de Viterbo and Johannes Aventinus purported to list him as a primeval king over Germany and Sarmatia. In the 19th century, F. Nork wrote that the names of the three sons of Mannus can be extrapolated as Ingui, Irmin, and Istaev or Iscio. A few scholars like Ralph T. H. Griffith have expressed a connection between Mannus and the names of other ancient founder-kings, such as
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of Greek mythology, and Manu of Hindu tradition.
Guido von List Guido Karl Anton List (5 October 1848 – 17 May 1919), better known as Guido von List, was an Austrian occultist, journalist, playwright, and novelist. He expounded a modern Pagan new religious movement known as Wotanism, which he claimed w ...
incorporated the myth of Mannus and his sons into his
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practice, which were later adopted into Nazi occult beliefs.


See also

* Manu (Hinduism) 'Man', with several theological meanings *
Manu and Yemo *' and *' are thought to have been a duo in Proto-Indo-European mythology. In the creation myth, Manu kills Yemo as a foundational part of the origin of the universe. is sometimes also interpreted as a primordial hermaphrodite. The comparati ...
– reconstructed Proto-Indo-European creation-myth figures *
Man (word) The term ''man'' (from Proto-Germanic ''*mann-'' ) and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their sex or age. In traditional usage, ''man'' (without an article) itself refers to the species or to ...
*
Ask and Embla In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla ()—man and woman respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods. The pair are attested in both the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ''Pros ...
- the first humans in Norse mythology * Mannaz – 'man', name of the /m/ rune in the Elder Futhark * Tvashtr – Vedic artisan god (cognate with Tuisto) * Frankish Table of Nations - Mannus's sons are mentioned


References

* * Tacitus. ''
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'' (1st century AD; in Latin). {{Legendary progenitors Germanic mythology Legendary progenitors