1 / 7

Beliefs of the Anglo-Saxon Pagan Religion and the Rise of Christianity

The Anglo-Saxon period was marked by pagan beliefs centered around a polytheistic religion that revered various gods and goddesses, with rituals connected deeply to nature. Woden, Thunor, and Fero were significant deities associated with death, storms, and love. As Christianity spread to Britain in the 6th century through figures like Saint Augustine, many Anglo-Saxons converted, leading to a notable shift from polytheism to monotheism. This transition was accompanied by contrasting beliefs about magic, nature, and rituals prevalent among Pagans and Christians.

klaus
Download Presentation

Beliefs of the Anglo-Saxon Pagan Religion and the Rise of Christianity

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Religious Beliefs in the Anglo-Saxon time period

  2. Pagan • This was the 1st religion • A polytheistic religion (believing in many god and goddess) • have different alters for gods • Also believe in elves, dwarves, and giants. • Strongly connected with nature.

  3. Gods and Goddess • Pray to them for birth, death, love, fertility, also a good harvest, ect. • Woden - Chief of gods. God of death, battle, and healing • Thunor- god of thunder and storms. Also responsible for farming and giving brides fertility. • Fero- goddess of love in a marriage. Also of magic.

  4. Christianity • many people converted to this religion. • it was brought over to Britain.

  5. How Christianity became. • Started around the 6th century • Saint Augustine was sent here by Pope Gregory • He came to talk to King Athelred the King of Kent. • After the king converted many many of people converted too.

  6. How they differ. • Christianity only has one god • Pagan believe in magic • Magic is prohibited in Christianity • Pagans are also more in tune with nature • pagans have many rituals • Christianity tend to have much less.

  7. Sources for more information • http://englishheathenism.homestead.com/pagangods.html • http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Early_Christian_Britain.htm • http://research.uvu.edu/mcdonald/Anglo-Saxon/A-S-Life&Culture/Religion.html

More Related