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A good video by The Historian Craft on the subject. Hoby is apparently pronounced "hooboo" by Danish speakers. The description of the ritual and burial site having ponds representing Hekate near the end is especially interesting.
Early Danish Religious and Political Culture During Roman Times
Early Danish Religious and Political Culture During Roman Times
(July 5, 2023) An important item to remember is that the tribe called the Cibri lived at the northern tip of Denmark. After being repulsed from Germany by the battle of Teutonberg forest in 9 CE and making the decision that Germany was just not worth conquering, Rome set up defensive forts and made defensive diplomatic relations along its border. One such alliance was with a tribe on the Danish island of Lolland centered near the town of Hoby where the grave goods of a young chief were discovered at a ritual site having small ponds. This burial dates to between (1 and -200 CE).
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Frei, Karin; and Klingenberg, Susanne (2021) Re-visiting the Roman Iron Age Hoby chieftain burial after 100 years of its discovery - adding the strontium isotopic perspective. Danish Journal of Archaeology. Vol 10. Online at: https://doi.org/10.7146/dja.v10i0.122601
Klingenberg; Blankenfeldt; Søsted; Nielsen; Jensen (2018) HOBY — AN EXCEPTIONAL EARLY ROMAN IRON AGE SITE IN THE WESTERN BALTIC REGION. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0390.2017.12179.x
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