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There are two main strains of contemporary Germanic Paganism known as Ásatrú, originating near-simultaneously in Iceland (, 1972 ) and the USA ( Asatru Free Assembly, 1974 ).

While the Scandinavian branch emphasizes pantheist spirituality rooted in medieval and contemporary Scandinavian folklore, the American branch postulates a " native religion of the peoples of Northern Europe " reaching back into the paleolithic.

In Germany, the term Asatru is used in the wider sense of Germanic neopaganism.