on. 3. The month of March was dedicatedby the pagan Saxons to their goddess Hneda,and was on that account named Hned-monaS.It was also called HLyd-monaB, or the stormymonth, on account of the rough weather whichgenerally characterises it. In the picture,the Anglo-Saxon husbandmen are employedin… … having now effaced the memory of the old pagan ceremonies. There canbe little doubt that the drinking party in our engraving was intended torepresent the festivities which according to Bede were held in this month inhonour of the goddess just mentioned (cui in illo festa celebrabant, Beda deTemp.,…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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