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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 ...
Many native English (Anglo-Saxon) names fell into disuse in the later Middle Ages, but experienced a revival in the Victorian era; some of these are Edward, Edwin, Edmund, Edgar, Alfred, Oswald and Harold for males; the female names Mildred and Gertrude also continue to be used in present day, Audrey continues the Anglo-Norman (French) form of ...
Ercol, a synonym for the Roman deity Hercules used in King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version of Boethius de Consolatione Philosophiae; Frau Berchta, a purported deity and female equivalent of Berchtold proposed by Jacob Grimm; Holda, a purported deity proposed by Jacob Grimm; Jecha, a purported deity potentially stemming from a folk etymology [61]
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.
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 ...
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
Old Norse Yngvi, Old High German Ing/Ingwi [1] and Old English Ing are names that relate to a theonym which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr. Proto-Germanic Ingwaz was the legendary ancestor of the Ingaevones , or more accurately Ingvaeones , and is also the reconstructed name of the Elder Futhark rune ᛜ and Anglo-Saxon ...