Irmin
IRMIN, or IRMINUS, in Teutonic mythology, a deified eponymic hero of the Herminones. The chief seat of his worship was Irminsal, or Ermensul, in Westphalia, destroyed in 772 by Charlemagne. Huge wooden posts (Irmin pillars) were raised to his honour, and were regarded as sacred by Ihe Saxons.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
