Ing is one of three sons of Mannus, the first man of Germanic tradition, and progenitor of the Ingaevones, the coastal Germanic peoples dwelling nearest to the sea.
⚠ Tacitus names the three tribal groups (Ingaevones, Herminones, Istaevones) as descended from Mannus's sons but does not name the sons directly; *Ingwaz is a scholarly reconstruction from the tribal name.
Tuisto, the earth-born god of the Germanic peoples, fathered Mannus, the first man and ancestor of all the Germanic nations.
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