Anita Anand

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5,917 appearances 33 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2d ago

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Empire: World History · 384. The Roman Invasion: Gods on Hadrian’s Wall (Ep 2) · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

Because there is a very exciting link to Tolkien with Nodens, which I want you to tell me about. matched

Well, I was going to say, I should really explain. matched

I said Mr. Tumnus as if everybody knows The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. matched

Mr. Tumnus as if he's our accountant, the podcast accountant. matched

He's a fawn character in a book you may not have read called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. matched

But tell us about Miles Nodens. matched

He would, by the way, totally have been an accountant. matched

Well, look, we've talked about the pairing, we've talked about absorption, but what happens to, you know, the Celtic religions, fully formed religions? matched

We'll find out after the break. matched

Welcome back. matched

So, Eleanor, the Celtic religions, the Celtic tradition, poetry, art, it stands proudly different and in of itself. matched

You know when you're looking at a Celtic cross or a Celtic piece of ephemera. matched

Is that also the same with religion, that it is distinct stubbornly so and no Romano-British nonsense is going to get in the way? matched

Yeah. matched

So what makes this place so special? matched

Why do you love it so much? matched

I mean, it's completely appropriate that a knot should tie together two different cultures. matched

I think that's wonderful. matched

But I mean, I'm interested to know how the Roman religions influence back. matched

So how much do we find Zeus and Mars and Minerva in Scotland or Wales or Ireland? matched

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