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<p> in German mythology, was a god whose name occurs in the oath taken by the [[Saxons]] after their violent conversion to [[Christianity]] by Charlemagne, by which they renounced the worship of Thunar (Thor), Woden, and Saxnot. He is supposed to have been the god of war, since the word Sax (Sachs), from which the Saxons took their name, denoted a sword. Anglo- Saxon genealogies point — to a Saxneat, who was Woden's son. </p> | Saxnot <ref name="term_59467" /> | ||
==References == | <p> in German mythology, was a god whose name occurs in the oath taken by the [[Saxons]] after their violent conversion to [[Christianity]] by Charlemagne, by which they renounced the worship of Thunar (Thor), Woden, and Saxnot. He is supposed to have been the god of war, since the word Sax (Sachs), from which the Saxons took their name, denoted a sword. Anglo- Saxon genealogies point '''''—''''' to a Saxneat, who was Woden's son. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_59467"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/saxnot Saxnot from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_59467"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/saxnot Saxnot from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Saxnot [1]
in German mythology, was a god whose name occurs in the oath taken by the Saxons after their violent conversion to Christianity by Charlemagne, by which they renounced the worship of Thunar (Thor), Woden, and Saxnot. He is supposed to have been the god of war, since the word Sax (Sachs), from which the Saxons took their name, denoted a sword. Anglo- Saxon genealogies point — to a Saxneat, who was Woden's son.
