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Anglo-Saxon deities are in general poorly attested, and much is inferred about the religion of the Anglo-Saxons from what is known of other Germanic peoples' religions. The written record from the period between the Anglo-Saxon invasion of the British Isles to the Christianisation of the Anglo-Saxons is very sparse, and most of what is known comes from later Christian writers such as Bede ...
20.1 Anglo-Saxon. 20.2 German. 20.3 Langobardic. ... deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in ... Skuld - Oh My Goddess! Mii (May or Mei in Anglo dubbed ...
Name Name meaning Attested consorts and sexual partners Attested children Attestations Baduhenna (Latinized Germanic) Badu-, may be cognate to Proto-Germanic *badwa-meaning "battle." The second portion of the name -henna may be related to -henae, which appears commonly in the names of matrons. [1] None attested: None attested: Tacitus's Annals ...
The gods of the polytheistic religion practiced in England during the Old English period, before the conversion to Christianity. Some of these gods survived into the folklore of the modern era such as Woden , Weyland and Wade , though many others were forgotten.
An Anglo-Saxon king killed by Uther Pendragon, Horsa's brother Hueil mab Caw: Huail Culhwch and Olwen, c. 1110 Vita Gildae, Welsh Triads: A Pictish plunderer and chieftain, killed by Arthur, brother to Saint Gildas: Hoel† (Welsh: Howel, Hywel) The Dream of Rhonabwy, Geraint and Enid: Son of King Budic of Brittany, father to St. Tudwal: Horsa
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere
Ethel was in origin used as a familiar form of such names, but it began to be used as a feminine given name in its own right beginning in the mid-19th century, gaining popularity due to characters so named in novels by W. M. Thackeray (The Newcomes – 1855) and Charlotte Mary Yonge (The Daisy Chain whose heroine Ethel's full name is Etheldred ...
In Germanic mythology, an idis (Old Saxon, plural idisi) is a divine female being. Idis is cognate to Old High German itis and Old English ides , meaning 'well-respected and dignified woman.' Connections have been assumed or theorized between the idisi and the North Germanic dísir ; female beings associated with fate, as well as the amended ...