[[gods-germanic]] [[hermes]], [[gwydion]] *** ## Biblio [[schjodt2018-12-01]] [[kershaw1997-2000]] [[zavaroni2006]] [[dutton2015]] [[k-patton2009]] [[m-meulder2016]] [[sayers2016]] [[rood2017]] [[ginevra2020-odin]] [[grummond2006]]:53 [[rolinson2019-8-16b]] [[rolinson2019-9-19-einu]] [[powers-t2019-11-15-m]] Hermes & Odin [[rolinson-series-mythlingwar]] [[rolinson-series-cosmicorder]] [[rolinson2019-12-18]] [[rolinson2019-12-12]] [[rolinson2019-12-24]] ## Topics ### Narratives [[narrative-war-of-the-foundation]] # Chaos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5YukRvc6J0 ### Names [PG Wōðanaz](PG-wothanaz.md) AS Wōden ### Aspects [[mcdonald-jIDK-water]] Eyes [[wandering]] Rides [[sleipnir]] ### "Spellcaster" He is called "Spellcaster" (ON *Fjolnir*) in ch 17 of the saga of the Volsungs and (quoted from) in *Reginsmál* "[It] is of uncertain exact meaning but apparently formed from a root word that has associations with magical wisdom. (Crawford, 2017: 146.) ### Runes "Brynhild attributes magical properties to them in chapter 20 of the Saga of the Volsungs, in lines borrowed from the poem *Sigdrífumál (Sigrdrigumal)* in the Poetic Edda. (Crawford, 2017: 144.) "There were all sorts of runes in that horn, carved there and bloodied..." (Crawford, 2017: 66.) ### Brynhild's advise to Sigurđ: There are different types of runes victory-runes wave-runes (for ships) speech-runes beer-runes life-saving runes limb-runes (all *The Saga of the Volsungs* Crawford, 2017: 36-39.) But Odin is mostly associated with: "You should learn mind-runes if you want to be wiser than any other man. Óđin read them, Óđin carved them, Óđin thought them up." (*The Saga of the Volsungs* Crawford, 2017: 38.) "[Runes] were carved on...Óđin's spearpoint" (*The Saga of the Volsungs* Crawford, 2017: 38.) "All of them that were carved were then shaved off and they were stirred into the holy mead and sent far away. Some are with the Æsir, some are with the elves, some are with the Vanir, and mortal men have some." (*The Saga of the Volsungs* Crawford, 2017: 39.) https://www.voluspa.org/volsung20.htm #### "Queer" [[franks2019]] ### Eschatology & War Dead [[hultgard2011]] ### & Mithras [[kaliff-sundqvist2006]] ### Óthinn Sing. Trans. ON Óðinn PG *wōdanaz PG *wōdaz "raging" PIE *weh₂t- "to be excited" From the noun: ódr m. 1. Mind, thought, strong pleasure/delight, agitated frame of mind 2. Poetry, poem · Has Two Wolves: Geri "the greedy", originally finish/help/make/do Freki "the greedy", originally hardness, strictness · Speaks with the severed head of Mímir · Symbolized by the Valknute ("The knot of the chosen/fallen") · Dresses like a women and wears a long brimmed hat · Established cremation, means by which one goes to him after death · Women worshipped him and would die in battle with their husband in connection with his cult in norse myths · Scarifces for him involved stabbing and hanging Rides Sleipnir ## IE Elements Accompanied by Einherjar (i.e. [[undead-warriors]])