Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World

by Philip A. Shaw

This book considers evidence for Germanic goddesses in England and on the Continent, and argues on the basis of linguistic and onomastic evidence that modern scholarship has tended to focus too heavily on the notion of divine functions or spheres of activity, such as fertility or warfare, rather than considering the extent to which goddesses are rooted in localities and social structures. Such local religious manifestations are, it is suggested,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715637975
• ISBN13: 9780715637975
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"