Heathenry, also termed
Heathenism or
Germanic Neopaganism, is a
modern Pagan new religious movement, the practitioners of which seek to revive the
pre-Christian religions adhered to by the
Germanic peoples of
Iron Age and
Early Medieval Europe. To reconstruct these past belief systems, Heathenry uses surviving historical, archaeological, and folkloric evidence as a basis, although approaches to this material vary considerably. Heathen communities are currently present in various parts of Europe, the Americas, and Australasia.