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List of Gods : "God Anglo" - 16 records

Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
God name
"As"
Norse Asa or Ass; plural ÆSIR. The asas, gods. The word appears in such English names as Osborn, Oswald, etc. With an n it is found in the Germ. Ansgar (Anglo-Sax. Oscar). The term aesir is used to distinguish Odin, Thor, etc., from the vanir (vans). Norse.
God name
"Baldaer"
Anglo-Saxon The dying god who is the same as Balder
God name
"Descended into hell"
Greek Means the place of the dead. (Anglo-Saxon, helan, to cover or conceal, like the Greek "Hades," the abode of the dead, from the verb a-cido, not to see. In both cases it means "the unseen world"; or "the world concealed from sight." The god of this nether world was called "Hades" by the Greeks, and "Hel" or "Hela" by the Scandinavians. In some counties of England to cover in with a roof is "to hell the building," and thatchers or tilers are termed "helliers."
Goddess name
"Easter aka Eastre"
Saxons A putative goddess of the Anglo-Saxons
Goddess name
"Eostre"
Anglo - Saxon Fertility goddess of spring. The derivation of “Easter.” Probably a number of the obscure folk customs surrounding Easter and still practiced in England trace back to her worship....
Goddess name
"Erce"
Anglo-Saxon A triple goddess; a youthful maiden during the spring, maturing into a mother during the Summer, then aging into a crone at Winter-time. Anglo-Saxon
God name
"God/ Deus/ Gott"
Christian / Anglo-Saxon / Germanic / Roman Claimed to be the creator god around 325 C.E., still in vouge by the Christian sect
Goddess name
"Habetrot"
Anglo-Celtic Goddess of healing and spinning and all who wore the clothing she made would never fall ill. Anglo-Celtic
Goddess name
"Habondia aka Habonde"
Anglo-Celtic Goddess of abundance and prosperity. Anglo-Celtic
God name
"Herne"
Anglo-Saxon underworld god and leader phantom hunt British / Anglo-Saxon
Deities name
"Herne"
Celtic / British / or Anglo - Saxon Chthonic underworld god. Known locally from windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England, he equates with the Welsh deities GWYNN AP NUDD and ARAWN and is, according to legend, the leader of the phantom hunt. Depicted with stag-like antlers....
God name
"In"
Anglo - Saxon Ancestral god. According to a runic poem he is the father of the Saxons and appeared from across the sea and then disappeared, never to return. He may also be clåśśed as one of the Nordic AESIR gods....
God name
"Ing"
Anglo-Saxon Ancestral god. Anglo-Saxon
Goddess name
"Nana"
Anglo-Saxon Nanna. A pan-cultural cognomen. "Her place as queen of heaven goes back to remote antiquity. She is Venus and appears as Ashtarte (or Easter in the Anglo-Saxon), Nana and Anunitu. She is goddess of fertility and worshipped everywhere. She is daughter of Sin and also of Anu. She is also åśśociated with Sirius. She is goddess of sex and appropriates the attributes of Ninlil and Damkina and as daughter of Sin and from her descent to Hades she is represented by temple prostitution. The lion, normally the symbol of Shamash is åśśociated with her as is the dove. In this sequence, she becomes then åśśociated with Tammuz or Dumuzi, as the bringer of new life in the spring cults." The Golden Calf
Goddess name
"Ostara"
Germanic Sun goddess. Associated with the coming of spring and one of the derivations of the term Easter, she equates with the Anglo-Saxon deity EOSTRE....
God name
"Woden"
Germanic The Old English name as used by the Anglo-Saxons for the Germanic god Woden, known more commonly as the Norse god Odin.