Historical Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Book Reviews and ruminations on life
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Jun
Today I thought I would take a look at some of the treasures which the Norse and Anglo-Germanic gods were said to owned. Before the coming of Christianity to the English lands the English shared a common mythology and belief structure to the peoples that would later be called Vikings and the Germanic tribes […]
Tags: Norse Myths, Odin, Thor
13
Sep
This week I am looking at the names we give our weekdays and the links to Norse and Anglo-Saxon mythology. Click the following links to read about Sunday and Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday Today it is the turn of Thursday. Thursday in old English is Þunresdæg . But don’t go around thinking that is a P at the start. It is actually the “thorn” rune or symbol and represented […]
Tags: Anglo Saxons, Thor, thursday