medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Isn't this a bit odd for a Catholic king's lineage, assuming Woden etc were
pagan deities?
JBW
John B. Wickstrom
Kalamazoo College
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To: John Wickstrom
Subject: Re: divine blood in the early MA
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>>
>> Were East Anglian rulers descended from Odin? I know Odin's in the
>> geneology of the West Saxon kings.
Nennius gives Woden (Odin) as the ancestor of the kings of Bernicia, East
Anglia, Mercia, and Deira.
John Briggs
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