Wilweorthunga

Ƿilƿeorþunga is the Old English practice of fountain or well worship. This belief was banned in the 16th Canon Law enacted under King Edgar of England (939–946) in the tenth century.

v t e Anglo-Saxon paganism and mythology
Gods and divine figures	Ēse Beowa Ēostre Frige Gefjon Hretha Ing Saxnot Þunor Tiw Wade Wayland the Smith Wōden
Heroic figures	Ægil Beowa Eormenric Finn Hengist and Horsa Sceafa Waldere
Other beings	Cofgod Dragon Dwarf (Dweorh) Elf Ides Eoten/Thurs Mare Neck Wælcyrge Wight
Locations	Middangeard
Sources	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Æcerbot 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 Sutton Hoo Widsith Wið færstice
Society and culture	Bēot Blōtan Burial Early Germanic calendars Folkmoot Frith Germanic paganism Hearg Horses Law Maypole Metrical charms Moot hill Runes Rings Scop Symbel Thegn Thing Thyle Weregild Wicce Wetlands and islands Wilweorthunga Wyrd Yule
Modern pagan revival	Heathenry Seax-Wica
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