Anglo-Saxon Paganism: What is it?
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- Hey all. This is our first video on Anglo-Saxon paganism, where we go into a little detail about what paganism is, what Gods the Anglo-Saxons would of worshipped, and where they would have worshipped. Check back for more updates and find us at the links below!
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As a Welshman of English descent, I'm glad we have people like you teaching people about our ancestors. stay strong mate
Much appreciated man!
So you’re an Englishman then…
@@The1Green4Man 😂... Right?
@@The1Green4Man As an American that still doesn't even understand the whole English vs Welsh dynamic, I found this to be a weird statement, too. Though, to be fair, I believe myself to be a Scotsman, so perhaps I also am confused? Eh, I guess that's what all my ancestry, the DNA tests, and the ancestry of most of the people of my region says. I find the whole conversation a bit complex sometimes and I'd be worried about how strict other Brittish people would take such claims. Still, the idea of an English Welshman. Hmm... I feel like Scottish American just seems to be a more coherent statement, but I guess I get what he's getting at. I just thought that it was kind of assumed that Englishmen could live in Wales without being Welshmen.
@@chinaboytag1 English Scottish Welsh can live anywhere we don't have borders or need passports.
What region of the USA do you live ? How long ago did your family leave Scotland ?
Scottish history is complicated too , east Scotland had a lot of Viking peoples settle , west Scotland a lot of Irish,
The isle of man was the centre of a kingdom that included north Irish ,parts of west Scotland, and parts of northern Wales and north west England..
...British history is all mixed up and complicated ;)
As a fellow Midlander it’s great to see a great video on Anglo-Saxon Paganism.
Have you got discord or telegram? I’d like to learn more on Anglo Saxon paganism
Anglo from Australia 🇦🇺 just subbed.
At last, a channel that is of real interest to all Pagans, this has got me fired up thank you The Fyrdsman, this is just what I have been looking for.
I'm not even pagan but this shit is awesome!
I prefer the term Heathen but no worries brother.
Tom Rowsell at Survive the Jive.
Good video. I appreciate finding an Anglo Saxon Heathen channel finally.
@jedague please get off the internet. It seems to be having detrimental affects
I actually "found" your Channel this evening and it is very serendipitous to me as I am planning on recreating a Viking Age/AngloSaxon Village for people to experience Life of that time period. I want them to see how Paganism is still a Living Path as it has been for me my whole Life. Thank you! I will be watching more of your videos in the days ahead.
Would like to mention that a lot of the Norse sources also speak of stories that happened on the European mainland. They are not just the legacy of the Norse, rather a part of the legacy of all the Germanic peoples who have spread out since the Nordic Bronze age. I do not say this to over shadow or not acknowledge the various Germanic peoples but simply to state the truth and for us to share in our pride of our shared Germanic heritage, culture, and history. Hail!
True! Hail the gods of old.
Great video it's nice to see someone making content on Anglo-Saxon Paganism, I was wondering once you have done your Anglo-Saxon series could you do a video about the Britonic God's like Nodens, Maponos, Leucetios, Sulis, Coventina, Brigantia ect, or figures from later English folklore like Herne, Albion and Albina, Woodwose, Robin Goodfellow, John Barleycorn, King Herla, Brutus, Bladud, Asrai, or Mythology like the realm of Avalon/Orchard Isle or perhaps English traditions such as Wassailing and Leechcraft, festivals like Jack in the Green, Lamas, Punkie Night, Garland Day ect? I haven't found any channel that posts content about either Britonic Paganism or English Folklore
I recently discovered I'm mostly English and Scottish. Was always told I was mostly Swede. I have been trying to find history of England ever since. Am also Heathen. Thank you for the info on paganism in ancient England!
There’s a big difference between Scottish and English, Scots are Celtic, English are Germanic.
@@td370 Highland Scots are Celtic, but lowland Scots are Germanic. Most Lowland Scots are descended from Angles and would have lived in the northern part of Northumbria, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom.
@@iannesbitt4444 scots English and modern English evolved separately out of middle English witch validates what you say linguistically
Not everyone in Scotland is a “Scot” in the sense that term was originally meant. Even in terms of Celts, you have Brythonic and Gaelic. Then un the north there is a huge Scandinavian/Norse influence. In many areas, there’s a clear mixing of Celtic and Norse culture as well.
Hey, I'm a Heathen too :)
Great video, nice to see a focus on none Norse for a change. Particularly loved the early one true God laugh! Looking forward to the series 👍
Cheers man! 😁
@@thefyrdsman9590 are you a Heathen or do you just love pre Christian Anglo-Saxon religion
Loved the video mate! I’m based in Scotland and a Norse Pagan. I will be following this series for sure as I learn more about my Anglo-Saxon ancestors!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😁
I’d like to hear what you know about Seaxneat, Ing, and Eostre!
I'm of French descent so choosing the proper type of paganism has been tough for me. I'm mostly Norman so I tend to go for the Norse variety but it can feel a bit larpy. I think the best thing is to connect to whichever gods and practices most speak to you out of the traditions of your ancestors. I also have some Anglo-Saxon heritage, so this will be useful to me.
My wife, who comes from French ancestry, got me to wondering about mine. There is only myself and a nephew left in this line.
I went a number of sites, coat of arms and such. One of the sites that interested me explained how the surname Stokes came to England and Ireland with the anglo saxons. There is also a Viking related term for fortified village but they came to England way after the Anglo Saxons. All of this has got really interesting to me. I subscribed and thank you for a really interesting video. Do it again, my friend and could be village dweller!
Have you ever found out where your last name came from/what it means?
Norse, Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, etc. Paganism. ALL under the wider "Germanic" umbrella. And it is beautiful that one large group can have so many branches and flavors.
Many local gods too
@@Texasmade74 Seaxnot, Eostre, etc. YES !
Why is it called germanic? Was germany already a country on that time? How come one country who looks the same has different languages? 🤷
Thank you so much for giving me the means to learn more about my ancestors. My surname is originally Hilliard, but I was adopted as a young child into the McKnight family. A DNA test showed my origins to be rooted in the Anglo-Saxon peoples. Your work is allowing me to learn more about where I come from and how my ancestors lived. Having a sense of “belonging” is wonderful for me and I’m sure countless others. Again, thank you so much for the gift of your hard work and research
I love learning about the Anglo-Saxons. Thank you so much for this channel!!
Did anyone else notice the Behemoth tattoo? Legendary.
This is fascinating, thank you for sharing, I am of English, African, Syrian and Indian descent, so have lots of rich spiritual ancestry to explore!
I'm so glad that I found this channel. Please keep up the great work. I will be watching all of the videos listed. Thank you for your time
This was exactly the kind of overview I was looking for! Thanks so much for making this video
I call myself a Germanic Pagan but it is fundamentally saxon (Anglisc) paganism. Love the video and the fact you highlight the reality of Saxon belief as distinct from norse paganism
Excellent as always, Connor. Thanks for all this knowledge.
Less known is the toponymy related to Wodan in Galicia (northwestern Iberia), where the Suebi finallly settled. The place name is Dombodán. Derived from the contraction of "Dominus" (lord, master) and "Vodanus" which points to the same name for this god recorded in Swabia. In this case the "Don" part is usual in places associated with saints throughout Iberia and Gaul. So yes, the correct romance form should be "Don Vodan" but since it is a tiny village and royal officials of course didn't know who Wodan was, they just wrote it and recorded it as it sounds.
It should also be pointed that the assembly of the Suebian Kingdom gathered relatively close of Dombodán.
If someone wants more info on this, just ask. Greetings!
That's really interesting, I'm not as up to date on my Iberian history as I should be, but I'll definitely do some more research!
Q. Is Wodan a different name for Odin? (Wotan)
@@heathenwolf4997 yes, it is.
Eagerly ahoping part two!!!!
Great video Connor. A lot of information I wasn’t aware of so thanks for that. Excited for the next one! Keep in good health mate.
Wow great video. I'm very much interested in Anglo-Saxon paganism. I'm familiar with Norse paganism already, and am very inspired by Odin/Wodan. But I'm more drawn toward AS paganism, for some reason. Thanks for sharing this. Btw, I might be in the minority of viewers here who aren't European. I'm actually American, and my heritage is Lebanese. According to my DNA, I'm 15% Northern European (which is not uncommon for Lebanese, given our history and all). Anyway, thank you for saying that we don't have to be English to feel welcome here. I appreciate that. I have subscribed to the channel.
I'd love to see a video further going into which gods were most important to whom and where - I'm particularly interested in the Kingdom of Northumbria.
This is the first video and I already adore this channel, and I'm truly excited to learn many things.
Same! This video is why I subbed!
Great video, really enjoyed it. Look forward to seeing more! ⚒️👊
Thank you . I really appreciate the work you have done to put this together . This is something I am very interested in while traveling the Pagan path regarding the Anglo Saxons .Oh my gosh I am number 100 on the likes !
Excellent video! I love your work, and I say this as a medievalist scholar. Love this channel!
I'm English and my ancestral line dates back to saxon times. This is a great video, thanks
Great video :) please keep this series going!
It is your birthright to know your specific ancestors cultures beliefs and judgements
Brilliant. I look forward to more. Thanks for your efforts.
Ive always wondered about the Anglo-Saxon pantheon. When people talk about paganism in the british and irish isles, they usually refer to celtic and irish mythology, so its nice to see the Saxon gods getting some limelight.
Great video Connor! Learning new things due this video ! 🙌🏽
Thank you! Glad it was useful for you 😁
waiting for your next video on this topic!
I would love to see a series of videos about this topic. Please continue this work.
Very nice video. Definitely subscribed. Thank you for your time and I really look forward and hope to see more. Hope you are well.
Loved this video Connor. Thank you so much. I might well have to watch it again and make a few notes. I couldn’t get some of the words you said due to the pronunciation . Would it be possible to put the text on screen with these words so we get the spelling as well as the pronunciation? That’s only a request because I’m eager to write things or understand things correctly. Really looking forward to this series . What a great idea!
Love the iconography parts. Keep it up!
Loved all this! Keep it going.
Would love to see this continue :)
I'm American and I adore English mythology. I'm asatru myself but I wanna see the English variation.
As tbh my ancestors probably worshipped Wotan not Odin. I'm not Norwegian or Danish, technically not English either depending on who you ask but that's where my ancestors are from.
But I'm unfamiliar with English mythology. Thank you for this video. Gotta love learning more about this variation of Germanic polytheism.
Hi, I've just found your channel and found it very interesting and I've subscribed to your channel. I am a practicing Buddhist but I'm very drawn to pagan belief's, especially British paganism. I look forward to learning more through your channel
excellent stream im from accross the pond im a seanachai and a pagan we always spoke of your people in our stories delighted to see a channel celebrating this
Brilliant. feed me more knowledge, can't wait.
Absolutely brilliant. I knew most of what you told here, but that’s some good disclosure.
Thank you man! My aim is to provide people who are relatively new to this period of history some context, but glad that you found it interesting! 😁
Please recommend a book list!
Need more of these videos my brother
That was a fantastic video. Thank you so much.
This was great! Thank you!
My ancestors were the first to inhabit the English land. Later becoming Anglo Saxon and today we still exist. I feel a need to return back to my ancestral lands and retiring.
Great content!
Superb Channel. Being East Anglian bred I have a keen interest in Anglo Saxon heritage and paganism
Frīge and Ēostre too, please 😊
Really felt kinship to Tiw! Have been looking for you!
Just found your channel, looking forward to your content. Blessings.
Very informative, thank you
Brilliant, watched this as the appetiser then on to Survive the Jive for the main course
@420rgb2 2 Tom Rowsell is the David Attenborough of European Paganism. Ed Dutton is the Patrick Moore of Evolutionary Psychology
Very much appreciated this content.
It's really interesting to hear that the Wanderer poem was passed on by word of mouth, and was only written down by a priest. Because I remember that the ending had the Wanderer finding salvation and comfort in the worship of God. Which would mean that the ending was a Chritianised version of the original, and not actually how the poem was meant to end. That's a shame, I wish we knew what the real ending was in the original.
Love this please do more 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼
I'm particularly interested in Eostre, goddess of fertility and the dawn, and her connection to Easter.
Ian! Stay away from her or you will spawn enough children to fill a small town!
Don't forget, that Christmas is also another stolen holiday. And there are others.
Really great description of the honorable god of justice named Tiw.
I live in Maryland, my family came Mercia we may be clansman. lol Worcestershire was our town. Great video friend.
I'm from Virginia! Wassail !
great channel pal
Cover Seaxneat. He was also a tribal god.
I intend to in the future! 🙂
Saxnæt is suggested to be just another name for Tyr 😉
@@fabianfuchs1402 not really. Some scholars say he's Tyr while some say Freyr but in reality there's no evidence for either view
@@fabianfuchs1402 Anglo-Saxon Tuisto would be closer to Tyr not Seaxnot
Thank you
This is awesome been looking for a video like I am of Anglo decent, but have adopted norse paganism because I was under the impression that the Anglos were Christians so thank you for this video friend.
They highest Gods were the ones of nearly all Germanic people: The Allfather Odin (Western Germanic: Wodan), his wife Frija (Frigg), Thor (Donar/Thunor) and Tyr (Tiw/Tiwaz)
Woden,Thunor,Tiw,etc
Know your Anglo-Saxon Gods they don't have Continental Germanic names
@@Texasmade74 The names varied from tribe to tribe... The Eastern Germanic tribes, for example the Goths and Vandals, called them Wodanaz (Woden/Odin), Tiwaz (Tyr), Dunraz (Thor/Donar/Thunor) and Freis (Frigg/Frigga)
They also had Gaut, the tribal God of the Goths but like Saxneat as the tribal God for the Saxons he's suspected as just another name for Tyr
@@fabianfuchs1402 we're talking Anglo-Saxon not Continental Germanic or Scandinavian
@@fabianfuchs1402 Sahsnot or Seaxnot is not suggested to be another name for Tyr that's just one theory.I've seen a theory for Freyr too but in reality there's no evidence at all for either theory.Seaxnot is probably his own God
Thank you so much for your video presentation. This is just the content I was looking for. I'm American, but my ancestors came from Friesland. If I understand correctly, the Frisians were so named due to their devotion to Fria. I hope you have content related to her.
Any chance of a continuation for this series?
If not are there any books you'd recommend to learn more about anglo-saxon religion/the gods they worshipped? I'm finding it hard to find much in that regard.
Some relatives of my paternal grandmother did some research and found that we were descended from Widukind (as in the pagan warlord that rebelled against Charlemagne).
I hold him close to my heart, and researching paganism makes me feel closer to my roots and ancestors.
One big correction Venerable Bede wrote about the Germanic brother's Hengist and Horsa coming to what would become England in the year 449 CE NOT 447 CE.The rest of the tribes came after Hengist and Horsa called for them as they were being paid to fight for the Breton King Vortigern against the Picts
My friend is Wiccan I'm learning about paganism shout from england 🎅2022
Thanks for the content man very interesting! Are there any books to recommend about the gods and sub gods or a decent history of anglo Saxon paganism you could recommend? Thank you
Thanks for this. The Anglo-Saxons are our siblings in faith. Similar but different.
Great video.
Loved this
Need more of these videos
Sounds like neat stuff so far. Before I explore more of your stuff what’s your opinion on Declaration 127?
People need to remember that although SOME Anglo-Saxons went to Britain, not all did.
There was a thriving population back in Saxony and northern Germania that gave Charlemagne fits for quite a while.
Oh, and before I forget, my father's parents moved from Germany to the U.S. in the early 1930s. And they were originally from north west Germany.
So at least half my ancestry is from the region of the Dutch, Frisians, Anglo-Saxons, etc.
Are you in Tamworth by any chance then? If so, strange coincidence as so am I and doing general research on Anglo-Saxons came across your good self. Keep it up mate!
I just found a rune in my back yard ground where the dirt has basically lessened I live in the united states in next to SALEM, Massachusetts it is a symbol for Fehu I am so amazed thanks for your info so blessed I wonder if this is real there's a cemetery across town that has a cemetarty with graves still standing with symbols and different language symbols.. I am recently also connected to finding out about Odin and then everything is such an amazing sign thank u for this info 🔮💞🙏
So great to see this I came here because I am direct descendent from Anglo-Saxon royalty. My family had a 600 Yeah long rain
This sounds awesome
Where are the other videos in this series?
could you do a video on anglo-saxon christianity and how it incorporated pagan elements.
Hope to see more content
I live in wednesfield and i never knew that information.
It's along a lot but briefer over view videos work really in depth deep dives with data would be great
So hard find Anglo Saxon information. This video is brill.
Hidden gem.
Bring back the Fyrfot! Yes.
You should do a video on Seaxneat
Var Hälsad från Närke!
I want to know more of the Anglo-Saxon understanding of the Wild Hunter.
I am a (V-)Odenfulltrogen I want have a more deeper insight in his/their aspects outside of Scandinavia.
I really want to get a long-handled Anglo-Saxon type of Thunor's hammer but I cannot find anything on line. Everything is very Norse. Does anyone have any links for me? Thanks!
Awesome video as always mate. However, werent Sussex's King Æþelwealh (born in 660, reigned from 674-685 CE) and King Arwald of Wihtwara (died 686 CE) the last kings to have been pagan, showing that Sussex and Isle of Wight to be the last places for Anglo-Saxon pagan rule?
Also, some have argued Woden is the figure on the Sutton Hoo M1 purse, which makes sense since he had two wolves on his side, Geri and Freki. I think either theory makes sense, though maybe Woden would make more sense because of the references to him found in the other pieces of the Sutton Hoo treasure.
You're absolutely right with regards to Sussex and the Isle of Wight being the last places of pagan rule, they completely slipped my mind when I was recording. I do intend to do a video addressing the last pagan kingdoms at some point, though.
With regards to the Sutton Hoo purse, there is a lot of iconography related to Woden, and I'm personally with you on that point - I think it's much more likely that it is a representation of Woden - I was merely trying to give some quick Tiw examples that I can build on in a later video! 😁