Tacitus wrote in his Germania: Germania 9.6: Ceterum nec cohibere parietibus deos neque in ullam humani oris speciem adsimulare ex magnitudine caelestium arbitrator – "The Germans, however, do not consider it consistent with the grandeur of celestial beings to confine the gods within walls, or to liken them to the form of any human countenance." Germania 40: mox vehiculum et vestis et, si credere velis, numen ipsum secreto lacu abluitur – "Afterwards the car, the vestments, and, if you like to believe it, the divinity herself, are purified in a secret lake." COUNT 5
QSN1 Who wrote the Germania? ANS1 Tacitus QSN2 What do the Germans feel it inconsistent to confine gods within? ANS2 walls QSN3 Germans do not liken the gods to whose countenance? ANS3 human QSN4 When is the car used in the ritual purified?  ANS4 Afterwards QSN5 Where is the divinity herself purified?  ANS5 a secret lake