Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages and cultures. Finnish paganism combined various layers of Finnic, Norse, Germanic and Baltic paganism. Norse religion developed from the common mythology of the Germanic people. Heathens believe in multiple polytheistic deities adopted from historical Germanic mythologies. Norwegians are an ethnic North Germanic people. Icelandic culture has its roots in North Germanic traditions. Surviving texts indicate that there was a belief in rebirth in Germanic paganism. Romance languages other than French, Basque, Breton and Germanic languages. Deeper etymology of the Germanic word is unclear. Hypotheses also exist for Germanic or Illyrian intermediaries. They were inhabited by Belgic and Germanic tribes. The ethnogenesis of the Germanic tribes remains debated. The name Hertha is a variation on Nerthus referring to fertility goddess from Germanic mythology. Danish is a Germanic language of the North Germanic branch. The Germanic languages are traditionally divided between East, North and West Germanic branches.