Seaxneat

Anglo Saxon · deity · mythic · deity

Tribal god/ancestor of the Saxons (name 'sword-companion'); renounced beside Thunaer and Woden in the Old Saxon Baptismal Vow.

Domains

tribal ancestry

Powers

Stand as divine ancestor of the East Saxon kings

Epithets

Seaxnēat

Relations

companion: Woden
companion: Thunor

Sources

Old Saxon Baptismal Vow ('forsachistu... Thunaer ende Woden ende Saxnote'); East Saxon genealogy
R. North, Heathen Gods in Old English Literature (1997)

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