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Regnator omnium deus
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<p> In <a href="/facts/Tacitus/u6m0E441">Tacitus</a>' work <i><a href="/facts/Germania_(book)/DQ8SQqx7">Germania</a></i> from the year 98, <i>regnator omnium <a href="/facts/Deus/yI4qfehr">deus</a></i> (<i>god, ruler of all</i>) was a deity worshipped by the <a href="/facts/Semnones/4owawtmR">Semnones</a> tribe in a <a href="/facts/Sacred_trees_and_groves_in_Germanic_paganism_and_mythology/N5atpJrx">sacred grove</a>. Comparisons have been made between this reference and the poem <i><a href="/facts/Helgakvi%25C3%25B0a_Hundingsbana_II/GRlp3Tuk">Helgakviða Hundingsbana II</a></i>, recorded in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources. </p>