Richard North, North Richard

Heathen Gods in Old English Literature

Herausgeber: Keynes, Simon

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A redefinition of Anglo-Saxon paganism as a natural religion with a heathen god, Ingui, at its heart.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 787g
• ISBN-13: 9780521551830
• ISBN-10: 0521551838
• Artikelnr.: 21524538

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Nerthus and Terra Mater: Anglian religion in the first century
2. Ingui of Bernicia
3. Ingui's cult remembered: Ing and the ingefolc
4. Woden's witchcraft
5. 'Uoden de cuius stirpe': the role of Woden in royal genealogy
6. Aspects of Ingui: -geot and Geat
7. The cult of Ingui in Beowulf
8. Ingui's marriage: natural phenomena
9. Ingui's death: the world-tree sacrifice
10. Paulinus and the stultus error: the Anglo-Saxon conversion
Bibliography
Index.