Cofgod

A Cofgod (plural Cofgodas ("cove gods")) was an household god in Anglo-Saxon paganism related to the German kobold and equivalent to the Roman penates.^[1] It is generally accepted that the English hob and Anglo-Scottish brownie are the modern survival of the cofgod.^[2]

Notes

^ Dowden 229.
^ "Cove-Gods", An Other Dictionary.

References

"Cove-Gods", An Other Dictionary: Tribal English. Accessed 13 April 2008.
Dowden, Ken (2000). European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415120349.

Anglo-Saxon paganism and mythology

Gods and divine figures	Beowa • Ēostre • Frige • Hengist and Horsa • Hretha • Ing • Saxnot • Þunor • Tiw • Wælcyrige • Wade • Wayland the Smith • Wōden

Heroic figures	Ægil • Beowa • Eormenric • Godwulf • Sceafa • Waldere • Widsith

Other beings	Cofgod • Elf • Ides • Dwarf (Dweorh) • Eoten/Thurs • Mare • Sigewif • Wight

Locations	Middangeard • Neorxnawang

Sources	Anglo-Saxon Chronicle • Anglo-Saxon calendar • 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 • Wið færstice • Æcerbot

Origins	Germanic paganism • (Angles • Frisii • Jutes • Saxons)

Society and culture	Anglo-Saxon law • Anglo-Saxon runes • Anglo-Saxon burial • Beot • Blōtan • Calendar • Folkmoot • Frith • Hearg • Maypole • Moot hill • Scop • Symbel • Thegn • Thing • Thyle • Weregild • Wicce • Wilweorthunga • Wyrd • Yule

Neopagan revival	Fyrnsidu • Seax-Wica • Theodism