1838
The Idols of the Saxons
in
Ladies Garland, Vol. I

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Directly or indirectly, these illustrations are based on those from Richard Verstegan's Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities (1605).  From the text:

 

We will now proceed to give the cuts and descriptions of these seven Saxon idols. Commencing with that of the Sun, we quote the following description from Richard Verstegan, a laborious English antiquary, who wrote in 1605:

"He was made as here appeareth, set upon a pillar, his face as it were brightened with gleams of fire, and holding, with both his arms stretched out, a burning wheel upon his breast: the wheel being to signify the course which he runneth round about the world; and the fiery gleams and brightness, the light and heat wherewith he warmeth and comforteth the things that live."
 
The Idol of the Sun
Sunday
    
 

The Idol of the Moon
Monday
   
 

Tuisco
Tuesday
   
 

Woden
Wednesday

 
Thor
Thursday


 
 

Freya or Friga
Friday
 
 

Seater
Saturday
 
     
 
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