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Witta Cemetery Gates, 2006
Witta may refer to: *Witta (Wicca), a witchcraft tradition created by author Edain McCoy *Witta of Büraburg, a missionary and bishop in 8th-century Germany *Witta, son of Wecta, a Jutish chieftain in 5th-century sub-Roman Britain *Witta (Bishop of Lichfield) (before 737 - c. 750) *Witta, Queensland, a town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia See also *Witan The Witan () was the king's council in Anglo-Saxon England from before the seventh century until the 11th century. It was composed of the leading magnates, both ecclesiastic and secular, and meetings of the council were sometimes called the Wit ..., or Witenagemot, historic English council {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witta (Wicca)
Celtic Wicca is a modern tradition of Wicca that incorporates some elements of Celtic mythology. It employs the same basic theology, rituals and beliefs as most other forms of Wicca. Celtic Wiccans use the names of Celtic deities, mythological figures, and seasonal festivals within a Wiccan ritual structure and belief system, rather than a traditional or historically Celtic one. Origins Wicca, as established by Englishman Gerald Gardner in the 1950s, was not Celtic in nature but contained some Celtic influences and borrowings from Celtic sources. "Celtic" Wicca can be seen as emphasizing and elaborating on the facets of Gardnerian Wicca that practitioners believe to be Celtic, while de-emphasizing some of the more obviously non-Celtic facets (such as the worship of deities from other cultures). Author Jane Raeburn believes that while there is "a firm distinction between historical Celtic inspiration and modern Wiccan practice", that the two can be blended to form "a living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witta Of Büraburg
:''See Witta, son of Wecta for the mythological Jutish chieftain.'' Witta of Büraburg (also known as Albuin or Vito Albinus, a close Latin translation of his Germanic name) (born in Wessex; died 26 October 747) was one of the early Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Hesse and Thuringia in central Germany, disciple and companion of Saints Boniface and Lullus. Following the establishment by Boniface of the bishopric of Büraburg near Fritzlar in 741, Witta was the first and only bishop there. After his death on 26 October 747, no successor was appointed and Lullus, then archbishop of Mainz, incorporated the bishopric into his own because he wanted to have control over the Christian missionary efforts towards the East. Witta was buried in the chapel of Saint Sturm (Sturmius, Sturmi) which Lullus later (769) used as the nucleus for the new and influential Benedictine Hersfeld Abbey Hersfeld Abbey was an important Benedictine imperial abbey in the town of Bad Hersfeld in Hesse (formerly in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witta, Son Of Wecta
Witta son of Wecta is mentioned as a Jutish chieftain in the 449 entry of the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' as the father of Wihtgils and the grandfather of Hengest and Horsa. He also appears in the same role in Henry of Huntingdon's '' Historia Anglorum''.Book 2, ch. 1 He is most probably mythological Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. Since "myth" is widely used to imply that a story is not objectively true, the identification of a narrat ..., but as a historical person he would have been born around 400 AD. References British traditional history {{Europe-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witta (Bishop Of Lichfield)
__NOTOC__ Witta was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. He was consecrated in 737 and died between 749 and 757.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 218 Notes Citations References * External links * 8th-century English bishops Anglo-Saxon bishops of Lichfield 750 deaths Year of birth unknown {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witta, Queensland
Witta is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Witta had a population of 1,201 people. History Witta was first settled around 1887 by German immigrant families. They called it ''Teutoberg'' (also spelled ''Teutoburg''), possibly referring to the Teutoburg Forest area in Germany. The town was renamed in 1916 during World War 1 due to anti-German sentiment. The name Witta is a corruption of the word ''wetya'' meaning ''dingo'' in the Kabi language. Maleny Provisional School opened on 1 October 1892 with the first enrolments on 3 October 1892. It was renamed Teutoberg Provisional School in 1893. It became Teutoberg State School in 1909, and Witta State School in 1926. The school closed on 23 August 1974. A reserve for a School of Arts (often known as '' Mechanics' institutes'' outside Queensland) was gazetted in 1907. The School of Arts was opened on 7 October 1908 by Harry Frederick Walker, Member of the Queensland Legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
