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"Esquire First Look: Robert Eggers Reveals Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Werwulf" (June 2026)

Many of you here will be familiar with Eggers's films, which are typically heavily influenced by folklore. This is the first look at Eggers's upcoming Werwulf.

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u/-Geistzeit — 12 days ago
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Image removed: Be wary of images presented as "official" without clear attribution

Today we removed an image from this subreddit that had been posted as a "first look" at the film Werwulf.

However, we can confirm that this is not from the film at all.

As the movie draws closer, it's wise to be on your guard about misinformation and confusion.

And don't worry, lots of promotional material, including trailers, will materialize soon!

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u/-Geistzeit — 17 days ago
▲ 38 r/anglosaxon+1 crossposts

"Kent find suggests Sutton Hoo-type helmets could have been made in England" (Kent County Council, June 2026)

URL: https://news.kent.gov.uk/articles/kent-find-suggests-sutton-hoo-type-helmets-could-have-been-made-in-england

Summary: "A rare Anglo-Saxon die stamp discovered near Lynsted, Kent, could change our understanding of where some of Britain’s most iconic archaeological treasures were made."

Edit: I've added this to our list of Anglo-Saxon examples of this motif here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientGermanic/comments/1t92hrn/list_of_all_known_birdhorn_helmeted_motif/

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u/-Geistzeit — 19 days ago
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r/williammorris

Hello, I'd like to moderate r/williammorris. I mod several subreddits, have written on Morris topics a lot, and am a member of the William Morris Society. A mod bot recommended that I post here to take it over. I am not sure what else it wants from me.

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u/-Geistzeit — 2 months ago
▲ 50 r/anglosaxon+1 crossposts

List of all known bird-horn helmeted motif instances from Anglo-Saxon England

This is an ongoing attempt at mapping out all known instances of depictions of figures with what appear to be horned helmets with bird terminals from Anglo-Saxon England. This list is by no means complete and I will add more as time allows. You can help grow this list by contributing additional instances in the comments.

This motif seems to enter the record in the 500s and, like a lot of motifs and things like runes, seem to exclusively be associated with Germanic-speakers.

Exterior to Anglo-Saxon England, many examples are known from Scandinavia and among continental Germanic-speakers, which I will cover in future posts. In the meantime, for comparative purposes, here are a few notable examples from Sweden:

https://samlingar.shm.se/object/BFA9D7DE-2931-44E2-8CFC-C656C38D3D21

https://samlingar.shm.se/object/200B22FE-CCFE-4546-958F-539BDF89146C

https://samlingar.shm.se/object/60245538-9CAA-4B14-B6E3-1AE2FD963684

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Bronze-figurine-the-so-called-Odin-from-Uppakra-found-in-Viking-Age-cultural-layer_fig5_339352816

Note that there are quite a lot of these depictions known now and more seem to be found quite regularly. It seems that up until the Viking Age and from the late Migration Period these horn helmeted figures were just all over the place. Like many motifs, they disappear from the record with Christianization.

The bird-horn helmeted figure motif is connected to the wolf-head figure motif known from Anglo-Saxon England, Scandinavia, and Germanic-speaking Continental Europe, while the valknut symbol is currently only known from Anglo-Saxon England and Scandinavia.

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KNOWN EXAMPLES

BERK-DB4E15

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/888099

LEIC-40DB05

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/191137

YORYM-FAE4AF

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/778907

YORYM-024D31

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/230788

SF-F9D919

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/918052

SF449

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/19073

NMS559

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/36287

SUR-EC1C9E

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/741418

HAMP-B292C2

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/551446

HAMP2432

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/32042

Sutton Hoo helmet

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1939-1010-93

(for the helmet plate motif, see p. 79 here: https://lcm2.web.rug.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Williams-The-Sutton-Hoo-Helmet-in-Oddy-The-art-of-the-conservator-1992-1.pdf )

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KENT, need more info

https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientGermanic/comments/1cd3cmw/apparent_new_migration_period_era_horned/ — any papers or other publications on this one?

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Potentially related

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2017-8005-1

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There are no doubt numerous other examples I haven't linked to here. Please provide links to especially museum entries if you know of more.

u/-Geistzeit — 2 months ago
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Depiction of warrior with wolf head, spear, and sword from 600-700 CE Lincolnshire (Portable Antiquities Scheme)

Edit: Please note that this is from Cambridgeshire and not Lincolnshire but I can't change the title.

From the entry:

>A cast copper-alloy Early Medieval Pressblech die for making thin, sheet metal, mounts. The die is triangular but with two lugs either side of its wider end. It is now slightly curved and has a perforation at the pointed tip but appears to be complete. Depicted in low relief on the die is a human figure with the head of a wolf. The head and feet are in profile stance, facing left, but the torso is facing front. The warrior wearing a hauberk, or a tunic, its surface covered with cross-hatching suggesting mail. In proportion to the body, both the arms and the angled feet are thinly depicted. The right arm is close to the body with the elbow bent and the hand on the hilt of a sword worn at the waist. In the left hand is a spear, pointing upwards. The wolf-head is worn, but the open mouth, with sharp triangular teeth and a large annular eye are clearly visible. The reverse of the die is plain and rough-cast. The length is 56.2mm, the maximum width is 30.9mm, the thickness is 3.3mm and the weight is 22.93g.

>An account of this important object by Dr Kevin Leahy will be included in the journal Medieval Archaeology vol. XLX 2006.

See comments from other examples of this motif from the Germanic Migration Period.

finds.org.uk
u/-Geistzeit — 2 months ago
▲ 38 r/AncientGermanic+1 crossposts

This is now the second oldest English language instance in our growing database.

One thing to highlight here is that the earliest English language example we have so far is from Whimple, which is in Devon in southwest England, far from Scotland.

Were it not for the chance recording of this early English example, the data would imply that examples from England were only known significantly later.

Clearly, the data only provides us with so much insight into what was an extremely widespread spell transmitted orally and reaching far back into prehistory but not found in, say, southern Europe as far as we can tell. We'll see if that remains the case over time.

As always, please reach out if you have instances we haven't covered. We also welcome you to apply examples you find to our template and send them to us to add them to the database.

u/-Geistzeit — 2 months ago