Herman Wirth, (alternatively referred to as Herman Wirth Roeper Bosch, or Herman Felix Wirthor Hermann) was a Dutch-German lay historian and scholar of ancient religions and symbols.

Wirth served as the leader of the Nazi research division Ahnenerbe until 1937 when he left the group entirely, succeeded by Walter Wüst. National Socialism redirects here. ... Emblem Founded by Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Wirth, and Walter Darré on July 1 1935, Forschungs- und Lehrgemeinschaft Ahnenerbe e. ...

Wirth's primary interest was in the legends surrounding the mythical city of Atlantis Picture of Platos description of Atlantis Atlantis (Greek: , Island of Atlas) is the name of a legendary island first mentioned in Platos dialogues Timaeus and Critias. ...

Further reading

A full biography of Wirth is in volume two of the Tyr journal in an article by Joscelyn Godwin entitled 'Herman Wirth on Folksong'. Also see, for further details of his life, 'Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity' by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke. Tyr: Myth, Culture, Tradition is the name of an esoteric, traditionalist journal, edited by Michael Moynihan, Joshua Buckley, and Colin Cleary. ... Joscelyn Godwin (born 16 January 1945 at Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England) is a musicologist, writer and translator. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Black Sun can refer to: Black Sun (book by Abbey) Black Sun (book by Goodrick-Clarke) Black Sun (film) Black Sun (album) Black Sun (Star Wars) The Black Sun, Cyric, a god in the Forgotten Realms setting Black Sun is a virtual nightclub in the novel Snow Crash by Neal... Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is the author of several books on modern occultism and esotericism with the history of its intersection with fascist politics. ...

Written works

In his landmark text Allmutter, professor Hermann Wirth painstakingly documented the emergence of runic symbols.