generate questions: Several Germanic tribes celebrated the returning of the daylight. A predominant deity was during this jubilee driven around in a noisy procession on a ship on wheels. The winter would be driven out, to make sure that fertility could return in spring. A central figure was possibly the fertility goddess Nerthus. Also there are some indications that the effigy of Nerthus or Freyr was placed on a ship with wheels and accompanied by a procession of people in animal disguise and men in women's clothes. Aboard the ship would the marriage of a man and woman be consummated as a fertility ritual.
Whose effigy was placed on a ship on wheels? {sep_token} What type of tribe celebrated daylight returning? {sep_token} What season did fertility typically return? {sep_token} What typically accompanied the effigy of Nerthus? {sep_token} What typically happened aboard the ship on wheels? {sep_token} What did a bunch of Germanic tribes celebrate? {sep_token} How was the ship carrying a predominant deity moved around during the jubilee? {sep_token} Why was the winter driven out? {sep_token} What is Nerthus the goddess of? {sep_token} How would the marriage of a man and woman on the ship serve as a fertility ritual?