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Hello, An evil spirit in OE is an unwight, a wight instead is a normal animal. Thanks -- 130.123.103.11 ( talk) 02:02, 28 April 2012 (UTC) Also, maybe tangential but interesting, fifel is a sea monster and the OE word for ocean was fifelway and the word for echo would correspond to windmare. -- 130.123.103.11 ( talk) 02:07, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
Most of this section consists of a Mudman urban legend that is uncited and appears to have nothing to do with pre-christian medieval beliefs Ffejmopp ( talk) 13:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
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When did ancient polytheistic practices in the British Isles largely end? I'm aware that Christianization became very prevalent following the eighth century, but how long did communities or individuals hold out on Paganism? 72.194.68.4 ( talk) 18:57, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
Although well-written this article needs som tweaking. Some authors "argue" while others "note" while all of them are making educated guesses. It seems that the authors of this article are quite certain of what theories are to believed and what are not. If this isn't addressed, I'll have a go at it. Berig ( talk) 17:23, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello, under 5. Cult Practices 1.3 Cultic trees and megaliths, there is a passage talking about unknown pillars that were objects of veneration. The same wiki walk that brought me to this page also took me to /info/en/?search=Irminsul here on Wikipedia, which has to be the same thing. But I have no primary souce to attest to that, and no real idea where to start. 109.230.202.60 ( talk) 16:25, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
Whereby the following is said within the main text of the article:
It seems fitting that the article name and references to the subject matter of the article should shift away from the label of "paganism" and instead refer to the "pre-Christianity Anglo-Saxon religion"
In some places the word order switching around for purposes of fluid communication makes sense, but I would say that on balance the article would be better of for using a more scholarly term which tries to be clean of bias.
TLDR: The article says outright that one of the established scholarly positions is that the word "paganism" to describe pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon religion is reductionist, framed by early Christian bias, and suggests a kind of uniformity of beliefs that simply did not exist. It would be better, therefor, to use a more neutral term which lacks the implications which make the former term undesirable.
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