This book presents parallels from Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern traditions to the ideas and customs introduced in the first volume of this work, "Tree Cults of the Germans and Their Neighboring Tribes," following the individual chapters of that volume. The presentation is structured in such a way that it remains comprehensible as an independent whole.

The Verlag der Wissenschaften publishes historical literature by both well-known and lesser-known scholarly authors. This makes works that have long been out of print accessible again to interested readers. This book on forest and field cults is an unaltered, high-quality reprint of the original edition from 1905. The present second volume depicts the ancient forest and field cults from Northern European traditions.