The Germany And the Agricola of Tacitus
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" "The Germans drew their gods by their owncharacter, who loved nothing so much themselves as to display theirstrength and power in battle, and to signalize their vengeance upon theirenemies by slaughter and desolation. " There remain to this day some tracesof the worship paid to Odin in the name given by almost all the people ofthe north to the fourth day of the week, which was formerly consecrated tohim. It is called by a name which signifies "Odin's day;" "Old Norse, _Odinsdagr_; Swedish and... Danish, _Onsdag_; Anglo-Saxon, _Wodenesdaeg_, _Wodnesdaeg_; Dutch, _Woensdag_; English, Wednesday. As Odin or Wodun wassupposed to correspond to the Mercury of the Greeks and Romans, the nameof this day was expressed in Latin _Dies Mercurii_. "--_White_.
[63] "The appointed time for these sacrifices, " says Mallet (North. Ant. Ch. Vi. ), "was always determined by a superstitious opinion which made thenorthern nations regard the number 'three' as sacred and particularly dearto the gods. Thus, in every ninth month they renewed the bloody ceremony, which was to last nine days, and every day they offered up nine livingvictims, whether men or animals.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" "The Germans drew their gods by their owncharacter, who loved nothing so much themselves as to display theirstrength and power in battle, and to signalize their vengeance upon theirenemies by slaughter and desolation. " There remain to this day some tracesof the worship paid to Odin in the name given by almost all the people ofthe north to the fourth day of the week, which was formerly consecrated tohim. It is called by a name which signifies "Odin's day;" "Old Norse, _Odinsdagr_; Swedish and... Danish, _Onsdag_; Anglo-Saxon, _Wodenesdaeg_, _Wodnesdaeg_; Dutch, _Woensdag_; English, Wednesday. As Odin or Wodun wassupposed to correspond to the Mercury of the Greeks and Romans, the nameof this day was expressed in Latin _Dies Mercurii_. "--_White_.
[63] "The appointed time for these sacrifices, " says Mallet (North. Ant. Ch. Vi. ), "was always determined by a superstitious opinion which made thenorthern nations regard the number 'three' as sacred and particularly dearto the gods. Thus, in every ninth month they renewed the bloody ceremony, which was to last nine days, and every day they offered up nine livingvictims, whether men or animals.
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