Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World - Eostre, Hreda and the Cult of Matrons

Zusatztext It offers a fresh and productive method for examining fragmentary data for Anglo-Saxon (and! by implication! other pre-Christian) religion. It is a welcome contribution and should find a place in university libraries and on the shelves of early medievalists in general. Informationen zum Autor Philip A. Shaw is Lecturer in English Language and Old English! University of Leicester! UK. Considers evidence for Germanic goddesses in England and on the Continent, arguing modern scholarship focuses on divine functions rather than localities and social structures Zusammenfassung This book considers evidence for Germanic goddesses in England and on the Continent, and argues on the basis of linguistic and onomastic evidence that modern scholarship has tended to focus too heavily on the notion of divine functions or spheres of activity, rather than considering localities and social structures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: The Footprint of Pre-Christian Worship 2. Linguistic Models and Methods 3. The Romano-Germanic Religious Landscape andthe Early Middle Ages 4. Eostre: Pan-Germanic Goddess or ‘Etymological Fancy’? 5. Hreda 6. Conclusion: Roles of the Northern Goddess? Notes Bibliography Index of Words General Index

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• Authors: Philip A Shaw, Shaw Philip A.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Undefined
• Released: 25.08.2011
• EAN: 9780715637975
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3797-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Studies in Early Medieval History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Europe, European History, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval