North, John R;
(2017)
Eostre the goddess and the free-standing posts of Yeavering.
In: Lacey, ME, (ed.)
Starcraeft: watching the heavens in the Middle Ages.
Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Abstract
How Bede's Bernician ancestors may have used the alignments of Yeavering to worship Hreda and Eostre around the spring equinox as numinous aspects of time.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Eostre the goddess and the free-standing posts of Yeavering |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Yeavering, astronomy, Germanic paganism, calendar, computus, Bede, Anglo-Saxon Northumbria. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1516083 |
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