The Edda, volume 1
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Though heathen writers outside of Scandinavia are lacking, referencesto Germanic heathendom fortunately survive in several ContinentalChristian historians of earlier date than any of our Scandinaviansources. The evidence of these, though scanty, is corroborative, and the allusions are in striking agreement with the Edda stories intone and character.
Odin (Wodanus) is always identified by these writers with theRoman Mercurius (whom Tacitus named as the chief German God). Thisidentification occur...s in the eighth-century Paulus Diaconus, and inJonas of Bobbio (first half of the seventh century), and probably restson Odin's character as a wandering God (Mercury being diaktoros), hisdisguises, and his patronage of poetry and eloquence (as Mercury islogios). Odin is not himself in general the conductor of dead souls(psychopompos), like the Roman God, his attendant Valkyries performingthe office for him. The equation is only comprehensible on thepresumption of the independence of Germanic mythology, and cannot beexplained by transmission.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Though heathen writers outside of Scandinavia are lacking, referencesto Germanic heathendom fortunately survive in several ContinentalChristian historians of earlier date than any of our Scandinaviansources. The evidence of these, though scanty, is corroborative, and the allusions are in striking agreement with the Edda stories intone and character.
Odin (Wodanus) is always identified by these writers with theRoman Mercurius (whom Tacitus named as the chief German God). Thisidentification occur...s in the eighth-century Paulus Diaconus, and inJonas of Bobbio (first half of the seventh century), and probably restson Odin's character as a wandering God (Mercury being diaktoros), hisdisguises, and his patronage of poetry and eloquence (as Mercury islogios). Odin is not himself in general the conductor of dead souls(psychopompos), like the Roman God, his attendant Valkyries performingthe office for him. The equation is only comprehensible on thepresumption of the independence of Germanic mythology, and cannot beexplained by transmission.
What to read after The Edda, volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Faraday L. Winifred to read onlineMoreLess
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