The Mercury-Woden complex: - A proposal - (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783844807509)

It was about two thousand years ago the Roman historian Tacitus reported the Germanics venerated Mercury above all. He meant a Germanic God he equated with Mercury. Because Tacitus didn't denominate the name of that God, it had to be interpreted. Many centuries later scholars widely agreed that the name of this God must be Woden. Today that opinion is still taken as evidence. This assumption is assayed here on the basis of available primary sources - the result suggests serious doubts about the entrenched view. This book requires the willingness to leave comfortable and well-traveled, often-repeated views to examine unbiasedly apparent 'self-evidence facts'.

Author: Gardenstone
ISBN-10: 3844807500
ISBN-13: 9783844807509
Publisher: Books on Demand
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2011
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.38d