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New Song for Woden in Old English :)
- Thread starter Riverwolf
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No idea. I'm not familiar with all of Woden's names. I'm honestly not sure where, or even if, he fits into the larger Indo-European pantheons.
vaguelyhumanoid
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I love that guy's channel and it's great to see him doing heathen stuff. Ic wille to leornan seo Ænglisca tunga.
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Treks
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There may be a connection. This from Wikipedia:
The weekday name Wednesday derives from Old English. Cognate terms are found in other Germanic languages, such as Old High German wōdnesdæg, Middle Low Germanwōdensdach (Dutch Woensdag), and Old NorseÓðinsdagr (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Onsdag). All of these terms derive from Proto-Germanic *Wodensdag, itself a Germanic interpretation of Latin Dies Mercurii ("Day of Mercury").
The earliest records of the Germanic peoples were recorded by the Romans, and in these works Odin is frequently referred to—via a process known as interpretatio romana(where characteristics perceived to be similar by Romans result in identification of a non-Roman god as a Roman deity)—as the Roman god Mercury.
The earliest records of the Germanic peoples were recorded by the Romans, and in these works Odin is frequently referred to—via a process known as interpretatio romana(where characteristics perceived to be similar by Romans result in identification of a non-Roman god as a Roman deity)—as the Roman god Mercury.
Love it! Thanks for sharing!