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Jackie replied to the topic Hoar-stones in the forum
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So this could probably be it’s own thread, but I feel like we could totally talk more, as a group, about the significance of wells and depositional offerings
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Jackie replied to the topic Hoar-stones in the forum
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So, it’s not exactly the same thing described here, but it might be related. Here’s a reference to a white stone or pebble having been ritually deposited into well in the Netherlands
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Hirut posted in the group Theology and Mythology
⁉️After waiting a long time, I’m finally asking this question. The more I read, the more confused I get, because different sources say different things. I also can’t find a clear answer on Discord.
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Is it correct that Sceafa, the son of Beowa, is the same as the Lombardic king who was found as a child floating in a small boa…Read More4 Comments-
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@thehoptimist I made a forum thread to hold more data, without it scrolling away. 🙂
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That makes sense — so in the English line we get Sceaf as the foundling, Scyld as the warrior-king who brings order, and in some genealogies Beowa as Scyld’s son, whose name points back to barley and fertility. In the Norse tradition, the miraculous origin drops out and Skjöld becomes Odin’s son, while among the Lombards the roles merge in Agelmu…Read More
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Correct. It has errors. Sceaf in the English retelling was made King of old Anglia.
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So there are different versions of this story, that move things around.
Old English tradition
• Sceaf — name literally means “sheaf” (grain sheaf). In later English chronicles (Æthelweard, William of Malmesbury), he’s the boat-foundling with a sheaf of grain under his head.
• Scyld — name literally means “shield.” In Beowulf, he’s called Scyld…Read More