Beowa

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Ager hordei in Anglia visa.

Beowa, Beaw, Beow, Beo, vel Bedwig est persona in paganismo Anglosaxonico cum hordeo et agricultura consociata. Quam genealogiae regiae aetate Alfredi elaboratae attestantur, ubi Beowa filius Scyld et nepos Sceafa in stirpes ad Adam relatas inseritur.[1] Coniunctiones propositae sunt cum Beowa et Beowulf, heroe poematis eiusdem nominis, ac John Barleycorn, figura magni momenti in carminibus vulgaribus Anglicis.

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Notae[recensere | fontem recensere]

  1. Herbert 1994:15, a John Grigsby citata in Beowulf & Grendel 2005:64.

Bibliograpia[recensere | fontem recensere]

  • Bruce, Alexander. 2002. Scyld and Scef: Expanding the Analogies. Routledge.
  • Herbert, Kathleen. 1994, 2007. Looking for the Lost Gods of England. Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 1-898281-04-1.
  • Lawrence, William Witherle. 1909. Some Disputed Questions in Beowulf-Criticism. PMLA 24(2).