The Leader of the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain | Hengist of Kent

From the mists of the fifth century rise the names Hengist and Horsa—legendary figures of the Germanic world. According to the great traditions of early England, these brothers led the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—the ancestral peoples of the modern English—across the sea in their fateful arrival upon the shores of Britain. In the old tales, Hengist stands as the the founding father of the Kingdom of Kent.

Yet legend and history blur. Some scholars believe Hengist and Horsa were not men of flesh and blood, but echoes of an older myth—for many Germanic peoples revered a sacred pair of divine twin brothers. And still, their names endure, woven into the earliest chronicles of England: the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The History of the Britons, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People, and Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain.

In Old English, their names carry deeper meaning: Hengist, the stallion, and Horsa, the horse—symbols of power, conquest, and destiny. Whether myth or memory, their legend gallops through the birth of England itself. This is their story.

00:00 Introduction
01:29 Ancestry
04:19 The Invasion of Britain: The History of the Britons
09:09 The Invasion of Britain: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
11:45 Legacy & The Kingdom of Kent

Music by Alexander Nakarada - CreatorChords
Track: Celtic Music → "Grundar" by Alexander Nakarada (Royalty Free)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZjpLQYAnr8

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