The Anglo Saxon Pantheon

The Old Gods worshipped before Christ by the Anglo-Saxons, roughly from about 2000 BC (before their tribal identity was solidified to be fair) to the early 1000s AD when the last pagan "witches" and "wizards" disappeared. Thunor took precedence before Odin took over, probably after 600 AD and possibly only in the Norse and Germanic pantheon in the first place, some think Thunor was always more important to the Anglo-Saxons and remained so, as they loved war above the wisdom that Snorri so admired later on.
Credits to CL for the great splash artwork! Also to R. for figuring out the PIE fable, which was the first one from the Liber Primus.
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[@ABAlphaBeta]

Easter is obviously the Goddess of Spring, not Light. Why does triple-checking the video not work x)

[@dabtican4953]

Where did u get all the pictures from?

[@Ingestohter]

Light or morning red is one of many qualities of Easter.

[@rdonshatalov]

I'm still waiting for u to translate into PIE that scandinavian song, bro) Krummavisur

[@uniquename846]

when bede mentioned solmōnaþ / february as being the time of offering cakes , is it possible this goddess was being revered as early as february as well?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@uniquename846 Yes, definitely! Maybe even by absence :p

[@ArturoParedesMexicanNerd471]

Basically, Norse gods, but more Old English-ish.

[@ABAlphaBeta]

RIP Seaxnéat, Éostre, Loc and Fréo

[@eternallearner1386]

Both Anglo-Saxon and Norse come from the same source of Proto-Germanic and further back of Proto-Indo-European. Of course, these deities' names would manifest in the respective culture.

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@eternallearner1386 And with regional differences!

[@Ingestohter]

They are Germanic Gods.

[@patrickstein2836]

The Norse (Danes, Swedes, Norwegians) & Anglo-Saxons (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) were both Germanic (key term). They lived in different regions of Northern Europe with different languages and customs BUT they were extremely similar to each other in so many many ways. They were essentially cousins!

[@norskhuauei2426]

I love how 'Wada' is god of the sea, while woda or voda is water in most of slavic languages

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Probably related to travel and wade!

[@shane8037]

"Wada" is even how plenty of English dialects pronounce water to this day (English w sound, obviously). These similarities across otherwise different languages are the entire basis for the reconstruction of proto-Indo-European, and even the very idea that a common language whence came the modern versions once existed. As to why Latin used aqua instead of water/voda or why PIE apparently had two words for water, I don't have a clue.

[@norskhuauei2426]

@@shane8037 I am very content when I can find similarities between english and slavic languages, even though english is basically made out from several different languages, there are still similarities especially in Simple, Basic words, like counting, or objects in nature, like 'APple' - in Polish 'jABłko'

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@norskhuauei2426 British aballon

[@plutothetutor1660]

Everything is related my friend

[@skeleton2082]

Someone get Survive the Jive here

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Can we get the Celtic pantheon next?

[@jamesmiller2521]

Or Roman pantheon before Hellinistic influence

[@jamesmiller2521]

Or Jewish pantheon before Yahweh monotheism

[@historyrhymes1701]

Slavic pantheon next?

[@harley7356]

Awesome video it's great to see knowledge of Anglo-Saxon Paganism being spread, Could you make a Video of the British Pantheon that were worshipped before the Anglo-Saxons came to England

[@ABAlphaBeta]

I can do the pan-british Gods and some of the major important ones, but not every single river, mountain, stream and spring x)

[@harley7356]

@@ABAlphaBeta Thank you that would be great 😀👍

[@guarddog318]

People should remember that not all the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians picked up and headed to Brittania. And at least some that did maintained a connection to their original homeland.

[@Yes-gu2wn]

When are we getting the Brythonic gods?

[@Jakegothicsnake]

Thunor-God of Thunder Woden-God of Wisdom Frig-Goddess of Wives Bealdor-God of Light Eostre-Goddess of Spring Hrethe-Goddess of Fame Tiw-God of War Freo-Goddess of Beauty Wada-God of the Sea Weland-God of Smithing Seaxneat-God of the Sword and Hearth Ingwine-God of Fertility Sunne-Goddess of the Sun Mona-God of the Moon Hell-Goddess of Death Luca-God of Deception

[@jessevanhalen6967]

Wada is not a sea god but an Elf. Wada is actually Ívaldi and Weland who is Völundr is his son. The sea god is Ægir.

[@charleshogshead1350]

Great channel!

[@guarddog318]

You forgot Baduhenna. She's a Frisian/Saxon war goddess, attributed with the defeat of a large number of Roman soldiers. All but forgotten these days, she's one of my favorites. I suspect she has some ties to the Valkyries, but there's no way to prove it at the moment.

[@luizalmeida5398]

I thought the s before a consonant was pronounced as a shah sound in ancient germanic dialects

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Only in some cases, it's one of the consonant shift laws

[@skeleton2082]

You should do the Welsh Gods next

[@clanksshekels]

Very good to see the rising revival of old English Paganism, great video!

[@clarysse6059]

How much work for this one? Great job, congrats ⭐

[@arthurchrzanowski5785]

Good job. Edit: Deleted a question I put in the Q&A post.

[@estellaartemisia8619]

I really enjoyed this, thank you. May I ask about the accompanying music?

[@ozkul_arda200]

Your pronounciaton is really cool

[@Jon-mh9lk]

What about Geat (Gaut)? He is listed higher than Woden in Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies and likely was a god. While Saxneat was likely the tribal god of the Saxons, Geat likely was the tribal god of the Goths, Gotlanders and Jutes, who also were a part of the Anglo-Saxon people and may also have become the national god of all Germanic people through an association with the word "god" (as the neuter gender of the word "god" meaning "deity" became masculine at some point). I think that "Ingwine" was a type of "ancestor king", rather than a god. He is listed highest in Swedish genealogies and as a son of Woden. On the other hand, Ing or Iring (In Old German) is similar to the Norse Freyr (Old English "frēa" meaning lord) and his name maybe also have been associated with the name Angel/English. The "Iringsweg" (Ings way) in Old German sources means the Milky Way. Wade/Wada likely was just a Water giant (like in English folklore).

[@Confucius_76]

What a beautiful language

[@jaygryska317]

Neat!!!

[@GrandeSalvatore96]

Sometimes I just click on videos without looking to see who posted them, and it only took one word for me to know who you were! 😄

[@gunjfur8633]

Whats sources do you have? Frēo is out side of my knowledge, I havent heard of her before.

[@tweekerlivesmatter]

You already know what is coming 1 like/comment = 1 victory 🥚 for AB

[@tweekerlivesmatter]

AB is allowed to add one too

[@ABAlphaBeta]

@@tweekerlivesmatter 🥚

[@tweekerlivesmatter]

I’ll add one too🥚

[@Artur_M.]

I have no idea what's going on but I'll contribute too 🥚

[@tweekerlivesmatter]

Artur M. You weren’t there when it started but thanks

[@samuelmoore668]

What do you read specifically for the history behind this sort of stuff? I'm asking as someone doing a degree focusing mainly on modern history but I do still find this kind of stuff really interesting :)

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Monographs on culture and religion! Occasionally peer-reviewed articles

[@Paeremannen]

King of Dragon Pass vibes from many of these pics.

[@sarkisunitarien1922]

Hello the name of the music in the background pls

[@ironinquisitor3656]

I have a friend who would get excited about this video.

[@noveseth2863]

Do you think you could do a video about Proto Austronesian?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

I'll try!

[@noveseth2863]

@@ABAlphaBeta thank you!!

[@alexemanuel8875]

Why does it remember me King Crimson 's 'In The wake of Poseidon'?

[@nickc3657]

Does Ingwine have other names? Nothing coming up on google

[@harley7356]

Nick here is some information on him including his various other names larhusfyrnsida.com/fundamentals/godu/ing-frea/

[@lugoinvicto1656]

What is the name of this song?

[@wcapewell3089]

I once heard that thunor is the god of blacksmithing, as well as thunder. Is this true at all?

[@tux_duh]

He likely had many epithets, he's also a god of protection and the oak tree. The sound of his hammer and anvil makes thunder and lightning which scares elfe (bad spirits essentially) from humanity

[@chuckfriebe843]

So, Saxons spoke with a Swedish accent? How do we know this? Just curious.

[@KINGBrYan509]

Playing total war Atila now cause of this

[@xgamerx360x]

1:58 I always see people saying Seaxnēat's name means "seax companion" or something similar, which I've always found stupid. I feel like it makes no sense to think anything other than Saxon, especially because he was mostly (if not only, I'm not sure) venerated by Saxons.

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

In Germany, he was known as Sassnóð, “Saxon-bravery”.

[@masonmccarty8551]

@@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533 Are you German

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

@@masonmccarty8551 No, but a large portion of my forekin were.

[@masonmccarty8551]

@@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533 oh cool

[@JackSardonic]

Where is this mention of a trickster figure in OE literature?

[@patrickstein2836]

I love this video. Not much is known of the Anglo Saxon Pantheon due to their early conversion into Christianity. That and being overshadowed by the very well known Norse Pantheon. Like a lot of people say; Norse Gods but more Anglican. They are right to some degree. The Anglo Saxon Pantheon is both similar and VERY different from the Norse. The only thing I wish to mention is there is not much evidence supporting the claim that "Loki" was part of the Anglo Saxon Pantheon. I myself, a Saxon Heathen, give more praise to Thunor and Seaxneat on a day to day basis. However, when seeking knowledge and wisdom, I praise Woden. Seasonal, its Eostre as well as Sunne and Muna. When I seek justice for wrongdoing, it is Tiw. When it comes to my family and household, its Frig and Freo. I do not recognize "Loki" for he his a Norse God. Though I give offerings to all; when it comes to certain situations or time of year, I praise the God(s) more associated with what I require to best overcome my challenge or honor them and my ancestors.

[@mrreilly49]

When it says that Bealdor is compared to Jesus Christ what does this really mean? Is there any research into this?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

It's a comparative comment, not some sort of genetic link between the two. Just a rhetorical figure.

[@Stefano-dd2sf]

Native american languages when??

[@georgitekhov8721]

Please make video of evolution Russian and polish And ossetian if u can Thank u

[@BobbyBermuda1986]

Great video. Not a lot of channels do solely Anglo-Saxon (most just do Nordic in fact). I'm working on three charts which would name our solar system consistently (since our current nomenclature mixes three languages). Perhaps you could look at my translations so far and suggest how to complete? :) Roman - Greek - Anglo-Saxon Sol - Helios - Sunne/Sun Mercury - Hermes - Woden (because of Wednesday) Venus - Aphrodite - Frig (Friday) Terra - Gaia - Earth Luna - Selene - Mona/Moon Mars - Ares - Tiw (Tuesday) Ceres - Demeter - Was there a Harvest god/goddess? (Maybe Easter?) Jupiter - Zeus - Thunor/Thunder Saturn - Cronus - Seaxneat Caelus - Uranus - Bealdor Neptune - Poseidon - Wade/Water Pluto - Hades - Hell

[@heliophiliab3400]

I want the comments to heed well that this video is all unsourced speculation

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

Does anyone know what the people in belgium believed in before christianity? I can't find it anywhere

[@Mitchery]

It's either Celtic Paganism or Germanic Paganism.

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

@@Mitchery thank youu

[@Mitchery]

@@nurailidepaepe2783 You're welcome :)

[@JackSardonic]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_in_the_Low_Countries

[@mrtrollnator123]

Before Christianity, Belgium had both celtic and germanic people, in fact there were some tribes that were a mix of both celtic and germanic peoples, like the Belgae

[@Wattershed93]

Do we know anything about pantheons of ancient Germanic people like Goths or Vandals?

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Not much besides passing allusions. The first time we encounter them they're pagans but no one records their Gods, and from then on they'd converted to Arian Christianity.

[@mrtrollnator123]

I don't know, they converted to Christianity very early on, around the 300s/400s

[@FreeBird-ws2ye]

Doggerland: *exist* Saxons: *crosses* Anglo: Excuse? Wft?!?

[@Kus519]

So thor, odin, freya, baldur

[@jaklm4221]

I always liked the comparison of Balder to Jesus Christus

[@luke8264]

My parents were going to name me luka, and I thank Woden everyday that they didn’t ;P

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

Old Norse: Loki Norwegian: Luke

[@sebastiangebala9958]

Ah yes it is quite fissile i guess. Oh ang thancc four tat heart

[@SolutiionxD]

Balkan Pantheon (without the greeks, theit pantheon is too big) Like Dacian/ Thracian gods Or the lesser known Illyrian pantheon.

[@kbee225]

Thunor -thor Woden- Odin Frigg- frigg bealdor- balder Hrepe- freyr Tiw-tyr Freo - freyja Hell- hel Loc- loki

[@Mitchery]

Freyr is Freya's twin brother...

[@rufetner3155]

Turkic pantheon would be pretty good i always wondered

[@rahimel-mulla2894]

It's Anatolian not Turkic

[@ABAlphaBeta]

Weren't they monotheistic, worshipping Tengri?

[@Mitchery]

@@rahimel-mulla2894 He's referring to Tengrism.

[@duwang8499]

@@ABAlphaBeta From what I understand it's that Tengri is a non-anthropomorphic Absolute state of existing, like Taoist Tao, Indian Para Brahman, ancient Greek Apeiron, or Unified Field of modern science. All the other gods and beings are just are revered as Tengri's manifestations or spirits of the elements.

[@brendanforde5078]

Tiw or tiwaz was not just tyr god that lost his hand to fenrir like his norse equivalent Tyr in the eddas no he was actually the head of the pantheon instead of woden who was more of the shamanic death god and god of the wild hunt and warriors. Tiwaz was the god of single combat, honour and glory on the battlefield, justice and law and oaths and the sky father he comes from Deyues pater the indo european sky father Deyues became Tiwaz to the germans. Tiwaz was sacrificed to by the wicker men, burning crinimals and and war prisoners over bonfires on wooden poles standing them over bonfires wrapping the people in sacks ropes and straw. But mostly placing loads of crinimals in large wooden figurine and raising it up so it stood up over the bonfire and set it on fire. Tiwaz was also given wolves and eagles and sparrow hawks as sacrifices. He was higher than woden until the danelaw when the danish vikings took over england and under the danelaw made odin the king of the pantheon and the most high god replacing tyr and giving odin most of tyrs aspects. So Tiw should be the head of the pantheon not woden and his wife Eorde was the earth goddess their union creates humanity through god Mannaz. Seaxneat is the god of sword combat and tribal ancestor god to the saxons, he was created from Tiw's severed hand. Tiw used to be the god of swords and sword combat but when the seax grew in popularity as the main type of sword in the saxon world and the main side arm weapon to spears and long pole axes. Seaxneat was created, said to have been Tiw's severed buried hand turning into a man. Seaxneat became the protector of towns and homes. Woden was the god spear combat and spear throwing on horse back and off horses. He was the protector of the buried kings and nobles in their burial mounds. Was the shamanic god of communicating with the dead. He was the god of protection agianst the spirits of hel. He was the monster slayer, leader of the wild hunt during the winter solstace yule. He was the god of rage and frenzy state and warriors could go into this frenzy by calling upon Woden for inspiration and taking psychodelics to do so. He was the god of psychodelic rituals and devine madness (the frenzied madness that came along with drug taking during shamanic rituals). He was a psychopomp who dealt with the dead bring the souls of murderers, crinimals, rapist and sinners to helheim and the one who granted people reincarnation after death. He also took some souls of the dead to be his riders of the wild hunt because he needed to fill his ranks and this considered a punishmemt one could be freed from eventually once they proved them self worthy to woden and served their time in the wild hunt. Woden was the god of the hanged and sacrifices to him meant that people were hung on the trees of the gallows as a sacrifice to woden so he could gain new riders of the wild hunt ready for yule when the Giants, trolls, valravns, dark Alfs and other monsters came out to cause chaos on Earth and wreak havoc on humanity. Woden's wild hunt was the only form of protection agianst these monsters as well as thunor (thor) the storm god the monster slayer. Baldaeg who is the anglo saxon god of light and the dawn was the god of the sky and was born from Sunne the goddess of the sun dies shortly after and is replaced by Baldaeg. Baldaeg's death at the hands of Laguz (anglo saxon Loki) was a way to explain the coming of winter and the cold harsh bad weather and dull days and long nights during winter. The sun barely being around and there being barely any bright sunmy days. Because Baldaeg was in Helheim the underworld and part of the agreement with goddess Hel for letting Baldaeg come back to lifr was that Baldaeg had to spend half the year in hel with her providing the relams of the underworld sun light and day light and the other half providing sun light and day light to the Earth. Anglo saxons had no concept of Ragnarök nothing like Ragnarök existed to them. Einherjar were the riders of the wild hunt and it was a punishment to be swept up by the wild hunt and forced to ride forever up the sky hunting monsters and dark spirits with Woden. The waelcyres (valkyries) were soul stealing witches much like the banshees who came to battlefields to steal souls of the dead warriros and pendants and charms were placed on the bodies of dead warriors so that the waelcyres could not steal their souls. Stealing their souls preventing them from properly being buried, ritualisitically being layed to rest and prevented them from reincarnating into a new human form. The waelcyres may have even been similar to the Valravns who were shapeshifting ravens who could possess the bodies of the dead and feed on the blood of the living to keep them selves alive and in possession of the dead corpse.

[@lucaloca4408]

Now i'm an anglosaxon mischievous God, this Is what i called a good careerXD

[@Arjibi]

Móna = Máni

[@Arjibi]

Sunne = Sól

[@arte0021]

So pretty much the Norse pantheon with different names plus a few new gods

[@Arjibi]

Loc , Luca = Loki

[@tetris136]

Help to us from hell in Latvian-leviticus!!!!!!!!

[@Mitchery]

Thunor = Thor Wóden = Odin Fríg = Frigg Baeldor =Balder Tíw =Tyr Fréo = Freya Wada = Vadi Wéland =Volund Ingwine = Yngvi Sunne = Sol Móna = Mani Hell =Hel Loc = Loki

[@AnsgarisIoannes]

Someones gods are nordics as Odin, Freyja, Loki and Hell.

[@elgranlugus7267]

Norse gods are germanic gods like the saxons

[@Arjibi]

Thunor = Thor

[@Arjibi]

Hell = Hela

[@Arjibi]

Bealdor = Baldur

[@Arjibi]

Tíw = Tyr

[@Arjibi]

Woden = Odin

[@SolutiionxD]

I thought the Easter and easter bunny thing came from Ishtar ( the babylonian or sumerian godess ) The people worshipped her by the time that we know now as Easter ( from the name Ish-tar ) and by dipping eggs in blood. Thats why the "official" colour of easter is red.

[@raymoshav-bloodbought]

They are the same deity.

[@Arjibi]

Fréo = Freya

[@mariajosemota1050]

Angles and Saxons are Scythian peoples origins (Iranic not Germanic). But language and culture of Germanic huge influence.

[@briansmith1633]

This is the funniest thing I've heard all day.

[@mariajosemota1050]

@@briansmith1633 DNA is funny.

[@briansmith1633]

@@mariajosemota1050 so is the crack you are smoking.

[@mariajosemota1050]

@@briansmith1633 "Smoking"? The people I mentioned as an ethnic connection to Anglo Saxons are the ones who really loved to use cannabis, for example. LoL Goes to research the sources of archeogenetics then please... Only then will you realize the truth about the origins.

[@magnusorn7313]

@@mariajosemota1050 www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/18/genetic-study-30-percent-white-british-dna-german-ancestry where is that iberian?

[@paritoshd]

OH EHAT THE FUCK WHEN DID YOU GET FAMOUS?

[@incubuz8019]

Do something on África

[@Mitchery]

Nice Profile Avatar.

[@Arjibi]

Fríg = Frigga

[@debbiecooper3661]

Only one God

[@arthurrobey4945]

Get off our turf, Abrahamic Monotheists. You are describing the Asier gods. Our God is the Wr-alda who made the Irtha and three sisters, Lyda, Finda and Freya. Lyda for the Black races, Finda for the Asiatic and our own dear Freya. Our religion has it's roots deep in the Pleistocene. For more information, Read our Oera Linda.

[@DaDoM123]

Why the intolerance tho?

[@arthurrobey4945]

@@DaDoM123 Because butchery. Endless butchery. What other religion demands "Convert or die!"? Where are our true Saxon Values of Honour, Virtue and, above all, Freedom, mentioned in their sermons and books? Instead they demand groveling obsequiousness. They deserve nothing but contempt and ostracism.

[@DaDoM123]

@@arthurrobey4945 I see your point I'm an atheist so I hold no candle for abrahamic religions I frankly find them annoying and super cringe but that kind of just sheer hate doesn't lead to anything good as we learnt from the last century so yeah I'm totally fine with you believing in the gods of forefathers but just let them be people in britain are becoming less religious anyway so

[@arthurrobey4945]

@@DaDoM123 Atheists are fundamentally Objective Materialists. Objective Materialism died in Copenhagen in 1927. All attempts at resuscitation have failed. It is stone dead. You do not have a soul. You Are a soul. You have a body. Ref: Physicist Dr. Tom Campbell. My big TOE. (Theory of everything). The evil of Abrahamism must be exposed. No matter. The Dhamic religions are emerging again.