Anglo-Saxon paganism
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Anglo-Saxon paganism, sometimes termed Anglo-Saxon heathenism, Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian religion, Anglo-Saxon traditional religion, or Anglo-Saxon polytheism, is the set of religious beliefs and prac
The right half of the front panel of the 7th-century Franks Casket, depicting the Anglo-Saxon (and wider Germanic) legend of Wayland the Smith
An early 20th-century depiction of Bede, who provides much of the textual information on Anglo-Saxon paganism. Painting by James Doyle Penrose.
Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire, once known as the 'Hill of Óðin'
A 1908 depiction of Beowulf fighting the dragon, by J. R. Skelton
As in other pagan European cultures, wetlands and islands held a prominent position in Germanic paganism, featuring as sites of religious practice and belief from the Nordic Bronze Age until the Chris
Tissø in Zealand, which was the site of a religious centre in the Viking Age
The Trundholm sun chariot, found in the former bog of Trundholm Mose in Zealand, c. 1400 BCE, National Museum of Denmark.
Drawings of weapons found in Nydam Mose, c. 3rd-5th centuries CE
Skuldelev 2, one of a series of ships sunk to block access to the Roskilde fjord