Why did Christian English kings keep Woden at the head of their family trees?

In Episode 1 of The Woden Files, we examine Bede, the Historia Brittonum, Asser, Æthelweard, and William of Malmesbury to ask why Woden appears not only as a pagan god, but as the ancestor from whom multiple royal houses claimed descent.

This is not a claim that medieval genealogies are birth certificates. It is an investigation into political memory, dynastic legitimacy, and the source record that made Woden an ancestor kings needed.

Read the sources at WODENSMAN.COM. Follow @WODENSMAN. The Quest for the Historical Odin December 1st, 2027