Heathen Gods in Old English Literature is a historical study of the literary references for several pagan deities in Anglo-Saxon England

Heathen Gods in Old English Literature is a historical study of the literary references for several pagan deities in Anglo-Saxon England. Written by the English studies scholar Richard North of University College London, it was first published by Cambridge University Press in 1997.

Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England (Book 22).

Richard North offers a complete revision of our view of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian paganism and mythology in the pre-Viking and Viking age. He discusses the pre-Christian gods of Bede's history of the Anglo-Saxon conversion with reference to a god known as Ingui.

Anglo-Saxon history, Anglo-Saxon literature North, Richard (1997). Heathen Gods in Old English Literature. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press.

Anglo-Saxon history, Anglo-Saxon literature. Cambridge University Press. Prior to the book's publication, North had previously authored other studies of Anglo-Saxon paganism, such as Pagan Words and Christian Meanings (1991). Heathen Gods in Old English Literature details North's theory that the god Ing played a prominent role in the pre-Christian religion of Anglo-Saxon England, and highlights references to him in such texts as Beowulf and the sole surviving Anglo-Saxon copy of the Book of Exodus. North, Richard (1997).

Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England Nevertheless, North's book is well worth a read and will be well received by readers who enjoy the older style parallel/analogue studies that were popular in the good old (or bad old) days

Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England Nevertheless, North's book is well worth a read and will be well received by readers who enjoy the older style parallel/analogue studies that were popular in the good old (or bad old) days. North's main argument of the book is that the English belonged to the Ingaevonic tribal group, that Ing was a human male version of Nerthus and that the Scandinavian Ingvi-Freyr is one and the same, thus making Ing the main god Worshipped by the Anglo saxons, whilst also worshipping deities such as Woden and Thor.

Автор: Richard North Название: Heathen Gods in Old English Literature Издательство: Cambridge Academ .

Поставляется из: Англии Описание: Richard North offers an interesting view of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian paganism and mythology in the pre-Viking and Viking age, with special reference to a pre-Christian god known as Ingui.

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Richard North, Simon Keynes, Andy Orchard. Heathen gods are hard to find in Old English literature. Most Anglo-Saxon writers had no interest in them, and scholars today prefer to concentrate on the Christian civilization for which the Anglo-Saxons were so famous. Richard North offers an interesting view of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian paganism and mythology in the pre-Viking and Viking age. He discusses the pre-Christian gods of Bede's history of the Anglo-Saxon conversion with reference to an orgiastic figure known as Ingui, whom Bede called 'god of this age'.

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