Christmas in the Heliand (9th Century Saxon Text)

A little-known text from over a thousand years ago reimagined the life of Christ in 9th century Europe. Hear a story of hillforts, secret runes, warriors, and the coming of the Great Chieftain.
LINKS:
The translation of the Heliand we used is by G Ronald Murphy:   / 556500.the_heliand  
A written interview with Fr Murphy, translator of the Heliand: https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
Read the Heliand (Mariana Scott's translation) here: https://www.hieronymus.us.com/latinwe...
An article on crosses in Viking art: https://www.ark.lu.se/fileadmin/user_...
A British Museum article on Anglo-Saxon art: https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/de...
The Sutton Hoo dig: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo
The Staffordshire Hoard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffor...
A British Library article on the Heliand: https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscri...
An interesting Viking cross: http://viking.archeurope.com/art/scul...

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