Comments on: Odin as Weapon Dancer http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/10/odin-as-weapon-dancer/ Viking Symbols and Norse Runes in the Heathen Germanic Culture Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Viking Rune http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/10/odin-as-weapon-dancer/comment-page-1/#comment-4596 Viking Rune Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:31:29 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=4741#comment-4596 Thank you for your insightful comment. All this needs additional research, to be sure. Thank you for your insightful comment. All this needs additional research, to be sure.

]]> By: Rahul http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/10/odin-as-weapon-dancer/comment-page-1/#comment-3946 Rahul Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:48:14 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=4741#comment-3946 Intriguing article. The one point I would remark is the heel-wounding motif: given the vast and internationally attested array of mythological and folkloric data pertaining to the sacred/vulnerable heels of gods, and of (euhemerized?) heroes/kings, this surely invites further research and speculation. As far as I know the sacred heel motif (that of Achilles being perhaps most traditionally familiar to the educated in modern Europe) while present in early Welsh literature is not - at least in literary sources -recorded in Germanic/Norse? I am aware that the likes of Frazer and Graves are currently discredited but they gleaned and gathered up an enormous catalogue of material on such things, and I seem to recall Graves (in the 'White Goddess') discussing the sacred heel specifically in the context of a limping dance. ... Intriguing article. The one point I would remark is the heel-wounding motif: given the vast and internationally attested array of mythological and folkloric data pertaining to the sacred/vulnerable heels of gods, and of (euhemerized?) heroes/kings, this surely invites further research and speculation. As far as I know the sacred heel motif (that of Achilles being perhaps most traditionally familiar to the educated in modern Europe) while present in early Welsh literature is not – at least in literary sources -recorded in Germanic/Norse? I am aware that the likes of Frazer and Graves are currently discredited but they gleaned and gathered up an enormous catalogue of material on such things, and I seem to recall Graves (in the ‘White Goddess’) discussing the sacred heel specifically in the context of a limping dance. …

]]> By: Viking Rune http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/10/odin-as-weapon-dancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 Viking Rune Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:16:58 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=4741#comment-2750 Hi David. Fafnir was the dragon's name, so you probably mean Fenrir. Yes, that's exactly what I was intending in the last paragraph of the article above. Hi David. Fafnir was the dragon’s name, so you probably mean Fenrir. Yes, that’s exactly what I was intending in the last paragraph of the article above.

]]> By: David Rodigari http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/10/odin-as-weapon-dancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 David Rodigari Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:25:42 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=4741#comment-2749 Hi again ... I dont really think that the man at the left of Odin is a Wolf warrior ... Isn´t he Fafnir, the giant wolf??????? That is just what I think ... so if Iam wrong please correct me :-) Hi again … I dont really think that the man at the left of Odin is a Wolf warrior … Isn´t he Fafnir, the giant wolf???????
That is just what I think … so if Iam wrong please correct me :-)

]]> By: Greg Sjostrom http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/10/odin-as-weapon-dancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2590 Greg Sjostrom Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:25:54 +0000 http://www.vikingrune.com/?p=4741#comment-2590 The depictions you are showing here are of a far earlier time than that of the Vikings. The double heads on some of the helmets represent the Two Hrafna, Ravens of Odin and the Aseir, while the Boar on the other helmut is the emblem of the Vanir. The Golden Boar is the Emblem of Frej, and Freja of the Vanir. Takk for det informasjon Greg The depictions you are showing here are of a far earlier time than that of the Vikings. The double heads on some of the helmets represent the Two Hrafna, Ravens of Odin and the Aseir, while the Boar on the other helmut is the emblem of the Vanir. The Golden Boar is the Emblem of Frej, and Freja of the Vanir.

Takk for det informasjon
Greg

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