Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons (Studies in Early Medieval History)
by Philip A. Shaw
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This book considers evidence for Germanic goddesses in England and on the Continent, and argues that modern scholarship has tended to focus too heavily on the notion of divine functions or spheres of activity, such as fertility or warfare, rather than considering the extent to which goddesses are rooted in localities and social structures - such local religious manifestations are more important to Germanic paganisms than is often supposed, and should caution us against assumptions of show more pan-Germanic traditional beliefs. Linguistic and onomastic evidence is not always well integrated into discussions of historical developments in the early Middle Ages, and this book provides both an introduction to the models and methods employed throughout, and a model for further research into the linguistic evidence for traditional beliefs among the Germanic-speaking communities of early medieval Europe. show lessTags
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- Original title
- Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World: Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons
- Original publication date
- 2011
- Original language
- English
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, Anthropology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 293.2114 — Religion Other religions Norse Mythology Theological Conceptions and Doctrines Attributes of Norse gods and goddesses Norse goddesses
- LCC
- BL870 .G63 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism History and principles of religions European. Occidental Germanic and Norse
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