It is thought to be an amulet invoking the protection of the god Woden. |
Tradition hath it that at the Anglian advent into this district, the worship of Woden was first set up in a grove at Wednesfield. |
She was dead, and Woden had to go to the center of the universe to find her. |
The soldiers of the northland cried to him for help as often as they did to his father, Woden. |
For example, the god known to early Germanic tribes as Wodhanaz became Odhinn in Old Norse, Woden in Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon, and Wuotan in Old High German. |
In the polytheistic Germanic tradition, it was possible to worship Jesus next to the native gods like Woden and Thor. |