Individual Details
Woden LEGENDARY
(215 - )
The derivation of a claim of kingship from descent from a god may be rooted in ancient Germanic paganism. In Anglo-Saxon England after Christianization, this tradition appears to have been euhemerized to kingship of any of the realms of the Heptarchy being conditional on descent from Woden.
The ancestry of Woden is given in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to a depth of five generations as the sequence: Geat, Godwulf, Finn, Frithuwulf, Frealaf, Woden. Geat, the earliest name in this genealogy, has been taken as corresponding to Gapt, the head of the genealogy of the Goths as given by Jordanes. Woden was the father of Wecta, Beldeg, Wihtgils and Wihtlaeg who become the ancestors of the Kings of Wessex, Nothumbria, Mercia and East Anglia, respectively.
The ancestry of Woden is given in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to a depth of five generations as the sequence: Geat, Godwulf, Finn, Frithuwulf, Frealaf, Woden. Geat, the earliest name in this genealogy, has been taken as corresponding to Gapt, the head of the genealogy of the Goths as given by Jordanes. Woden was the father of Wecta, Beldeg, Wihtgils and Wihtlaeg who become the ancestors of the Kings of Wessex, Nothumbria, Mercia and East Anglia, respectively.
Events
| Birth | 215 | Asgard |
Families
| Spouse | Friege LEGENDARY (219 - ) |
| Child | Skjold LEGENDARY (237 - ) |
| Child | Baldur (243 - ) |
| Child | Wecta ( - ) |
| Child | Seaxneat D'ESSEX ( - ) |