The Idols of the Saxons
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Ladies Garland, Vol. I
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Directly or indirectly, these illustrations are based on those from Richard Verstegan's Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities (1605). From the text:
We will now proceed to give the cuts and descriptions of these seven Saxon idols. Commencing with that of the Sun, we quote the following description from Richard Verstegan, a laborious English antiquary, who wrote in 1605:
"He was made as here
appeareth, set upon a pillar, his face as it were brightened
with gleams of fire, and holding, with both his arms
stretched out, a burning wheel upon his breast: the wheel
being to signify the course which he runneth round about the
world; and the fiery gleams and brightness, the light and
heat wherewith he warmeth and comforteth the things that
live."
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 The Idol of the Sun Sunday |
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 The Idol of the Moon Monday |
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 Tuisco Tuesday |
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 Woden Wednesday |
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 Thor Thursday |
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 Freya or Friga Friday |
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 Seater Saturday |
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