Hi #medievaltwitter, a non-medievalist friend is doing some research for a book they're writing and finding it hard to find any reliable sources on Germanic paganism, especially day-to-day life in a non-Christian community.
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With that being said, there is very little. On the Continent, we have some Christian accounts. The Life of Columbanus by Jonas of Bobbio, Boniface on the Saxons...but nothing from the people themselves, and the sources are all hostile.
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For anything in Scandinavia then I agree that The Viking Way or talking to Christina is the best. For anything in England, there is incredibly little in Bede. Beowulf wouldn't be that accurate so I'd caution your friend away from that. We know kings claimed descent from Woden.
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Noted, that probably helps explain why he was having a frustrating time finding good sources himself.
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This is actually why i was reaching out in a way. I ventured meekly out into some google searches just to see if i could find a good resource and it was weird fake archives from church sites and fascists. I am non-academic also so it's definitely not anything I've studied.
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but also I'm trying to co-write something straight fantasy/folk tale and I really don't want to step on any culture but I did want to get into the headspace of what it would be live day to day.
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