Irminsul

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(via Studium Universale)

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Bonifacius chops down a cult tree in Hessen, engraving by Bernhard Rode, 1781

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On the Externsteine Descent from the Cross relief, the bent structure in the right centre is popularly identified as Irminsul. Though this may be correct, it is not supported by any contemporary sources.

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Detail (via Irminsäulen / Irminsul)

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Sacred Marriage with Irminsul 3rd Century, Germany (via http://odinsvolk.ca/irminsul.htm)

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Bronze Razor depicting Irminsul, 2nd Century BCE, Denmark (via http://odinsvolk.ca/irminsul.htm).

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Bacchus, with Cup and Branch From SMITH’s Classical Dictionary, p. 208 (via The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop)

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Assyrian Divinity, with Spotted Fallow-Deer. VAUX’s Nineveh and Persepolis, chap. viii. p. 233 (via The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop)

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Roman Emperor Trajan burning Incense to Diana From KITTO’s Illustrated Commentary, vol. iv. p. 137. (via The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop)

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Attis - Terracotta thymiaterion (incense burner), 2nd or 1st century BCE, made in Tarsus.

Attis, a beautiful shepherd of Phrygia, was supposed to have died under a fir tree, and was transformed into that tree. Thus, to honour him, annually a man robed in white was tied to a tree and slain.

In later time an effigy was used, which today has become the "angel" that we impale on the top of our Christmas tree.

Via: Should We Celebrate Christmas? "Somebody Cooked Your Goose"

Attis (Ἄττις or Ἄττης) was the consort of Cybele in Phrygian and Greek mythology. His priests were eunuchs, as explained by origin myths pertaining to Attis and castration. Attis was also a Phrygian god of vegetation, and in his self-mutilation, death, and resurrection he represents the fruits of the earth, which die in winter only to rise again in the spring.

In 2007, in the ruins of Herculaneum a wooden throne was discovered adorned with a relief of Attis beneath a sacred pine tree, gathering cones. Various finds suggest that the cult of Attis was popular in Herculaneum at the time of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Via: Attis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Romanisches Kapitell mit Gabelsäule. Paderborn, Abdinghofkirche, 1150–1160. 

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Le Jour ni l'Heure 0710 : crypte carolingienne de l'église Saint-Michel, c. 820, Fulda, Hesse, Allemagne (photo by Renaud Camus).

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Mysselhøj, a danish gravemound from the early bronze age situated close to the danish town Roskilde. Photo taken by Jørgen Larsen