Wilweorthunga

Wilweorthunga is the Old English practice of fountain or well worship. The practice continues in the present and is characterized by tying cloth to trees near wells to will a vow. This belief was banned in the 16th Canon Law enacted under King Edgar of England (939–946) in the tenth century.

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Anglo-Saxon paganism and mythology

Gods and divine figures	Beowa Ēostre Frige Gefjon Hretha Ing Saxnot Þunor Tiw Wade Wayland the Smith Wōden

Heroic figures	Ægil Beowa Eormenric Godwulf Hengist and Horsa Sceafa Waldere Widsith

Other beings	Cofgod Elf Ides Dwarf (Dweorh) Eoten/Thurs Mare Wælcyrge Wight

Locations	Middangeard Neorxnawang

Sources	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Anglo-Saxon calendar Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem Beowulf De temporum ratione Deor Ealuscerwen Finnesburg Fragment Franks Casket Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum Nine Herbs Charm Old English language Spong Hill Wið færstice Æcerbot

Origins	Germanic paganism (Angles Frisii Jutes Saxons)

Society and culture	Anglo-Saxon law Anglo-Saxon runes Anglo-Saxon burial Bēot Blōtan Calendar Folkmoot Frith Hearg Maypole Moot hill Scop Symbel Thegn Thing Thyle Weregild Wicce Wilweorthunga Wyrd Yule

Neopagan revival	Fyrnsidu Seax-Wica Theodism

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Wilweorthunga

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