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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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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The early medieval period does not give us much info on regular folks period, let alone non-Christians. Bernadette Filotas' Pagan Survivals, Superstitions, and Popular Cultures is great but the people depicted would have been considered Christians, not "pagans".
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That's what I expected tbh, I was actually kind of hoping for some secondary sources that have good interpretations of those hostile sources!
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I can pull up some stuff on the English evidence in a bit. I’d also recommend my thesis, when it’s done haha.
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