Meaning of Hretha | Babel Free

Definitions

An Anglo-Saxon goddess.

Examples

“And now I stand before you as a man who would wish to serve you as warrior at the sword-play. For I have no other use. The words of the goddess Hretha I can hear no more.”

“Alternatively, this group might consist of the goddess Frig, associated with two other female deities (possibly Eostre and Hretha?) – but we cannot be certain that the Anglo-Saxons worshipped Frig.”

“The name and image of the Saxon pagan goddess Hretha on Caden’s own shield had been beaten nearly into oblivion.”

““We ought to build a shrine to the Goddess Hretha in this place.””

“In De Temporum Ratione, Bede states that March was called Hrethmonath by the Anglo-Saxons because they made sacrifices to the Goddess Hretha then. Hretha means fame or honour, which suggests Hretha was a warrior like Mars, who gives us the modern name March. Hrethmonath marks the end of winter, so Hretha could be seen as the Goddess who battles and defeats winter.”

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