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Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World

Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons
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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 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.

Author Biography:

Philip A. Shaw is Lecturer in English Language and Old English, University of Leicester.
Release date Australia
August 25th, 2011
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
128
Dimensions
156x234x9
ISBN-13
9780715637975
Product ID
6495191

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