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d'Este, Sorita; Rankine, David (2007), The Isles of the Many Gods: An A-Z of the Pagan Gods & Goddesses of Ancient Britain worshipped during the First Millennium through to the Middle Ages, Avalonia; Gantz, Jeffrey (translator) (1987). The Mabinogion. New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044322-3.
King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning ...
—The Earl of Gloucester in King Lear, Act 4 Scene 1 Shakespeare's very frequent references to Paganistic gods and concepts, such as Hymen bringing about the resolution of As You Like It , are not a reflection of his own belief but a necessary device to present deity on stage, where Christian figures were, in contrast to the presentation of ...
Swithhelm, pagan king of Essex but converted to Christianity in 662; Tytila (died c. 616), semi-historical pagan king of East Anglia; Veleda, priestess and prophetess of the Bructeri tribe; Waluburg, Semnonian seeress in the service of the governor of Roman Egypt; Wehha, king of the East Angles; Widukind (died 808), pagan Saxon leader and the ...
The Dagda - supreme god and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Danu - mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Dian Cecht - god of healing; Étaín - heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne; Lir - god of the sea; Lugh - legendary hero and High King of Ireland, god of leadership, skills, the sun, and alliances, associated with friends.
After his death, Romulus was defined as the god Quirinus, the divine persona of the Roman people. Romulus ascension to heaven and deification as god Quirinus is mentioned in Ovid’s poem Metamorphoses, Book 14 (written shortly before 8 AD). Ovid depicts god Jupiter promising Mars the right to translate his son Romulus to immortality. [22]
Radegast is a god mentioned by Adam of Bremen, and the information is repeated by Helmold. He was to occupy the first place among the gods worshipped at Rethra. Earlier sources state that the main god of Rethra was Svarozhits, thus Radegast is considered to be a epithet of Svarozhits or a local variant of his cult. A white horse was dedicated ...
The first four groups are wiped out or forced to abandon the island; the fifth group represents Ireland's pagan gods, [1] while the final group represents the Irish people (the Gaels). The Lebor Gabála was highly influential [2] and was largely "accepted as conventional history by poets and scholars down until the 19th century". [3]