Essays on the depiction of animals, birds and insects in early medieval material culture, from texts to carvings to the landscape itself.

Between Myth and Reality: Hunter and Prey in Early Anglo-Saxon Art - Noël Adams'(Swinger of) the Serpent of Wounds': Swords and Snakes in the Viking Mind - Sue BrunningWreoþenhilt ond wyrmfah: Confronting Serpents in Beowulf and Beyond - Victoria SymonsThe Ravens on the Lejre Throne: Avian Identifiers, Odin at Home, Farm Ravens - Marijane OsbornBeowulf's Blithe-Hearted Raven - Eric LaceyDo Anglo-Saxons Dream of Exotic Sheep? - László Sándor ChardonnensYou Sexy Beast: The Pig in a Villa in Vandalic North Africa and Boar-Cults in Old Germanic Heathendom - Richard North'For the Sake of Bravado in the Wilderness': Confronting the Bestial in Anglo-Saxon Warfare - Thomas J.T. WilliamsWhere the Wild Things Are in Old English Poetry - Michael D.J. BintleyEntomological Etymologies: Creepy-Crawlies in English Place-Names - John BakerBeasts, Birds and Other Creatures in Pre-Conquest Charters and Place-Names in England - Della Hooke