Anglo-Saxons believed their gods represented and were responsible for different things; war, harvests, health etc. Therefore, people prayed to them individually and in unique ways to encourage the ...

But the early Anglo-Saxons were not Christians ... to see some of the most important gods and goddesses. They also gave their names to days of the week. Woden had two pet wolves and a horse ...

See also: List of Anglo-Saxon deities and Germanic pantheon "The world of the Anglo-Saxon gods will forever remain a mystery to us ... populated by such murky figures as Woden, Þunor, Tiw, and Frig." ...

The Anglo-Saxons had their own gods, beliefs and superstitions. Anglo-Saxons believed in lucky charms. They thought that rhymes, potions, stones and jewels would protect them from evil spirits or ...

The Anglo-Saxons worshipped many gods, their religion was closely related to the Old Norse beliefs of the Vikings, the 4 principal gods being Woden, God of Wisdom, Thor, the thunder god, Tiw, god of ...

One such was Egbert, of the House of Wessex. Cerdic of Wessex ((519-534), the founder of the Wessex line, claimed a mythical descent from the great Woden himself. According to the Anglo-Saxon ...

Christianity was challenged, however, by the invading Anglo-Saxons, devotees of pagan deities like the war god Tiw, the all-powerful Woden, the thunder god Thor and the fertility goddess Frey. Though ...

The Anglo-Saxons were similarly obsessed with ancestry. Their leaders boasted of descent from pagan gods, generally Woden. None but the ‘Woden-born’ could hope to exercise major power. Most of their ...