\[ **BT: [[religion#religions of the ancient Celtic and Germanic peoples]]** ] \[ **RT: [[Odin (Norse deity)]]** ] --- # Woden ## Woden in the Anglo-Saxon era [[We know the most about Woden (of the Anglo-Saxon era) because some narrative sources have survived to the modern day.]][^1] [[Anglo-Saxon recordkeepers would customarily place Woden at the top of their lists of kings; those in East Anglia, Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria believed their royal line(s) started with the deity.]][^2] [[In Anglo-Saxon depictions of Wodan, Wodan's weapon was a spear; this was the weapon of both freeman and lord.]][^3] [^1]: Stephen Pollington, ‘[[Pollington, ‘Gods and Supernatural Beings’, n.d.|Gods and Supernatural Beings]]’, *Ða Engliscan Gesiðas* \[The English Companions], accessed 25 March 2025, <https://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/anglo-saxon-beliefs/gods-and-supernatural-beings/>. [^2]: Stephen Pollington, ‘[[Pollington, ‘Gods and Supernatural Beings’, n.d.|Gods and Supernatural Beings]]’, *Ða Engliscan Gesiðas* \[The English Companions], accessed 25 March 2025, <https://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/anglo-saxon-beliefs/gods-and-supernatural-beings/>. [^3]: Stephen Pollington, ‘[[Pollington, ‘Gods and Supernatural Beings’, n.d.|Gods and Supernatural Beings]]’, *Ða Engliscan Gesiðas* \[The English Companions], accessed 25 March 2025, <https://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/anglo-saxon-beliefs/gods-and-supernatural-beings/>.