*Ø* Blogmanac August 24 | Odin discovers the runes
Odin’s Ordeal (August 17-25)
The Nordic and Germanic god Odin was the chief of the Aesir sky gods. He was worshipped as God of the Dead through the Viking period. Symbolised in art by a raven and a particular knot (valknut), Odin was patron of the fanatical warrior cult, the Berserks. He was hung from an ash tree, Yggdrasil (the world tree, or tree of life), whence he gained the knowledge he sought. Today was the commemoration of the day he discovered the runes.
Odin’s Ordeal (August 17-25)
The Nordic and Germanic god Odin was the chief of the Aesir sky gods. He was worshipped as God of the Dead through the Viking period. Symbolised in art by a raven and a particular knot (valknut), Odin was patron of the fanatical warrior cult, the Berserks. He was hung from an ash tree, Yggdrasil (the world tree, or tree of life), whence he gained the knowledge he sought. Today was the commemoration of the day he discovered the runes.
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