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Eboraci 1
The Codex Eboraci is perhaps one of the most amazing literary survivals of the early medieval period. Written some time in the 8th century by an anonymous author, the book is a compilation of numerous prose stories and poetic verses of Anglonic myth, and appears to be a work that attempts to form a coherent (canonical if you will) body of the pagan beliefs of the Anglisc people. The Eboraci is frequently compared to its later Norse cousins, the poetic and prose Eddas.
The book is dedicated to its patron, named Ósric. If the Eboraci was written before 746 AD, it is likely that the patron is King Ósric of Beornice, the last pagan ruler in Britain, and the Codex was part of his attempts to codify the traditional faith of his people. If this is the case, then it is the most substantial literary work written by the pagans themselves, rather than by their christain descendants.
The book is dedicated to its patron, named Ósric. If the Eboraci was written before 746 AD, it is likely that the patron is King Ósric of Beornice, the last pagan ruler in Britain, and the Codex was part of his attempts to codify the traditional faith of his people. If this is the case, then it is the most substantial literary work written by the pagans themselves, rather than by their christain descendants.
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