Anglo-Saxon Heathenry.

[Óttar]

This (old) website provides some useful links and information.
http://englishheathenism.homestead.c...thenlinks.html

[Scyldwulf]

I've been on that site a few times, It's quite a good'un
Have a noseypoke at this one too if you're interested: http://www.englatheod.org/anglosaxon.htm


EDIT: I must say, I get a little put off by that 'Witchcraft' stuff it mentions - not my thing at all

[heathen_son]

I think it is fair to say that "Anglo-Saxon" heathenry doesn't have much prominance outside of America and the Wodening school of thought, though it was a step towards what we are seeing now, which is a break away from amalgamating the sources into generic "Heathenry", and towards the breakdown of "Anglo-Saxon" into seperate ethnic cultures, i.e. Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians etc (which is something other American Theodish groups were first to start doing anyway).

In England, where these cultural distinctions are perhaps more percievable outside of the analysis of the lore (which has come on in the last decade or so), there are a number of groups emerging which have a more localised/regionalised mindset. I was chuffed to bits to hear of a group based in Suffolk who worshiped Nehallenia, a goddess worshipped in the Netherlands, but due to their proximity to the North Sea and it's coastal heritage, and the goddess being attributed to trade and seafaring, felt it appropriate to honour her.

Meanwhile, Essex has Seaxneat as it's tribal founder (admittedly debatable) whilst the Mercians have Woden, and those above the Danelaw can draw on more Norse influences. And though the Anglii venerated Nerthus in her procession cart for renewed fertility, why make the assumption that the Angles took Nerthus with them when they came to Britain? Especially when we have the goddesses Eostre and Hretha, and the Aecerbot Field Remedy to go by?

It is as much about tipping the hat to regional heritage as it is about seperating the sources. All in all, it creates more diverse and locally rooted heathenries than the pan-germanic incarnations that preceeded it.

So for those that are interested in Anglo-Saxon heathenry, don't just be boring and lump it all together if you can help it. Dig a bit deeper and see the regional variations. And if you are not from England, you could be forgiven for adapting to your locality's traditions too. After all, heathenry was, and is, as much about the community as it is the gods.

[Vrazijadivizija]

Great video on this subject.