Name | Attributes | Family | Wife |
Woden (Grim) | chief, sky | Frig | |
Thunor | Thunder | ||
Tiw | originally sky god | ||
Wayland/Weland | smith | son of Wada/Wade, father of Widia | |
Hama (ON Heimdall) | Watchman |
Name | Attributes | Husband | |
Frig/Freo/Frija | mother of gods | Woden | |
Wyrd/Wurd | destiny (orig one of three fates) | ||
Metod | another possible 'fate' meaning measurer. | ||
Waelcyrge | Valkyries | ||
Nerthus | earth goddess? |
Early historians including Bede and Florence of Worcester trace the descent of the various Anglo-Saxon kings back to Woden.
Wecta | Baeldaeg | Casere | Saexneat | Waegdaeg |
Wihtlaeg | Winta | Witta | Brand | Tytmon |
Gesecg | Siggar | Wermund king of Angel c 350 | Cretta | Wihtgils |
Frithugar | Benoc/Bernic | Trygils | Antsecg | Swebdaeg |
Offa | Cweldgils | Hengest | Freawine | Aloc |
Hrothmund | Sweppa | Sigegeat | Angeltheow | Caedbaed |
Kings of Kent | Wig | Angenwit | Hryp | Sigefugel |
Saebald | Eomer | Bubba | Gewis | Ingui |
Wilhelm | Bedca | Saefugl | Icel | Beda |
Esla | Esa | Wehha | Offa | Westerfalca |
Cnebba | Biscop | Elesa | Eoppa | Wuffa |
Aescwine | Wilgisl | Cynewald | Eanferth | Cerdic |
Ida | Kings of East Anglia | Kings of Essex | Uxfrea | Creoda |
Eatta | Kings of Wessex | Kings of Bernicia + Northumberland | Yffi | Kings of Mercia |
Ealdrith fl 786-96 | Aelli | Kings of Deira |
Middangeard Middle Earth
Indo-European sky father | Djevs or Deivos |
Sanskrit | Dyaus |
Greek | Zeus |
Latin | Jovis |
North West Europe | Tiwaz? |
Germany | Ziu |
Scandinavia | Tyr |
England | Tiw |
Supplanted by:
Western Europe | Wodenaz |
German | Wuotan |
Old Saxon | Wodan |
Old Norse | Voden, Odinn |
Old English | Woden |
12 + 1 | Giuli | last month of old and first of new year |
2 | Solmonath | 'when cakes were offfered to the gods' says Bede |
3 | Hretha | - |
4 | Eostre | Easter |
5 | Thrimilci | cows milked three times a day |
6 + 7 | Litha | possibly 'moon' |
8 | Weodmonath | 'weedmonth' |
9 | Halegmonath | 'holy month' (harvest festival?) |
10 | Wintirfyllith | 'winter full moon' (first full moon of winter?) |
11 | Blotmonath | 'blood month' (sacrifice of animals that would not survive winter) |
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
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