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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 ...
The Anglo-Saxon gods have also been adopted in forms of the modern Pagan religion of Wicca, particularly the denomination of Seax-Wicca, founded by Raymond Buckland in the 1970s, which combined Anglo-Saxon deity names with the Wiccan theological structure. [254] Such belief systems often attribute Norse beliefs to pagan Anglo-Saxons. [255]
The gods and goddesses of the polytheistic religion practiced in England during the Old English period, before the conversion to Christianity. Some of these deities survived into the folklore of the modern era such as Woden , Weyland and Wade , though many others were forgotten.
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 ...
Some of these gods survived into the folklore of the modern era such as Woden, Weyland and Wade, though many others were forgotten. Pages in category "Anglo-Saxon gods" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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 ...
Arnakuagsak, goddess responsible for ensuring the hunters were able to catch enough food and that the people remained healthy and strong; Arnapkapfaaluk, sea goddess who inspired fear in hunters; Nerrivik, the sea mother and patron of fishermen and hunters; Nujalik, goddess of hunting on land; Pinga, goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine
While the name of the goddess appears in Bede's Latin manuscript as Rheda, it is reconstructed into Old English as *Hrēþe and is sometimes modernly anglicized as Hretha (also "Hrethe" or "Hrede"). Hrēþmōnaþ is one of three events (apart from the days of the week ) that refer to deities in the Anglo-Saxon calendar—the other two being ...