The God Óðinn (Odin)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- A short introduction to the surprisingly complex king of the gods in Norse myth.
Dr. Jackson Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder (formerly UC Berkeley and UCLA). He is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, and Norwegian. Visit www.JacksonWCrawford.com
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The oldest known written attestation of the name of Odin, in the Proto-Norse form equivalent to possessive "Odin's" (Wōðnas), has just been discovered in a runic inscription recently found in Denmark: ruclips.net/video/hve41xtNOsE/видео.html
You definitely live in a painting
😂😂😃😃
Colorado has some absolutely lovely places. I love to drive through the mountains and just be. The Norsemen would have really loved the New World if they would have made it this far. I wonder, some say they mist certainly *_did_* make it as far as Colorado - that would also mean that though their memory is forgotten, it is a wild thought that they may have called the Names of the Gods here in this land.
The Crow of judgment.
ikr the background is so nice it looks like a painting
He IS a painting 😍
It seems to me by those descriptions that Odin was (at least in a way) the representation of Death himself, like the Death figure we have today - hooded, with a scythe, coming to reape someone's soul. A spear that never misses, a horse that runs faster than any other horse, seems all a metaphor for the inevitability of Death, and how it can happen so suddenly.
josephrainer That’s an apt analogy.
Odin was the name of the Horse once (Sleipnir, known these days).
Very interesting probably not exactly that clear but, there is a bit in American gods that describes four people carrying a body as an 8legged horse.
Saturn
But just the warriors death. He is the demons that haunt all soldiers the rest of their lives.
Odin has always been an interesting figure to me. He will do anything he can to ensure the survival of himself and his kin, the Aesir, and is a ravenous seeker of knowledge and wisdom, but will GUT YOU LIKE A FISH if he believes he’ll get something out of it.
So I live in coal creek canyon just south of Nederland. There is a mountain here off twin spruce called Mt. Thorodin which is Thor & Odin in one word!
The most beautiful mountain scenery so far!
Hail Óðinn, the Allfather!
The all father hails you!
Have you ever read the Valhalla comics by Peter Madsen? In these, Odin is often portrayed as wise and cunning, but also as a character of questionable moral values. Despite the fact that he's the king of the gods, it's often difficult to portray him as a particularly dignified character if you want to be faithful to the source material, so the comic just has some fun with the character instead.
Compared to the Greek Gods the Scandinavian Gods have more of a goal with their behaviour. While Zeus can be just selfish Odin is Cruel to a higher end, if to get his hand on the mead of poetry or to build his army in preparation for Ragnarök.
Always interesting and educational, Professor. Love the videos.
I wonder, if I dresses in all grey with a wide brimmed hat for Halloween how many people would catch the reference. I have a friend that could do the eye scarring with gelatin
They'd just think you're Gandalf, but it's fine, because he's based on Odin too.
Gaius Baltar I'd modernized it a bit. Grey combat pants and t shirt, boonie hat. Maybe put a bayonet on a stick. XD
I'm a great fan of your work, Professor Crawford. Amazing stuff. Now eagerly awaiting you latest, which should go to print on Nov 20th according to Amazon ;-)
Jackson once again here to read me bedtime stories! :)
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Today, athletes retire relatively young to the rest of us. Paralleling Roman gladiators typically dying in their late twenties.
If Odin favors warriors that have done a lot of killing and winning, and then collects them at a certain age, typically in battle, I wonder if this is a similar idea.
That place is gorgeous.
The stories in the Eddas about Oðin remind me why I like Þor so much more.
Are there surviving myths where he's the king of the gods rather than Odin? I thought that was just speculation
1) There is no such myths. 2) Scandinavia didn't adapt anything. 3) What is Old German? It is contradictory since Germany is a modern political creation. You probably mean continental Germanic myths.
There are no "old German myths". In the late 19th Century there was a wave of fascination with the old and the original known as romanticism. When this wave gripped German artists they eagerly went looking for old German myths and found ... nothing. So they borrowed the old norse myths and gods and gave them "Germanic" sounding names which they thought sounded cool and romantic, like Wotan. Wagner brewed a stew out of these operatic "German gods" and put horns on their helmets and injected some made up German heroes with names like Brünhilde and Sigmund! It was these phony Wagnerian "German" gods and heroes that so enthralled Hitler BTW. But they were all knicked from old norse mythology or made up in the late 19th century by artists and poets to satisfy an need for something old and original that could unite the recent construction known as The Bundesrepublik (of Germany). Wotan is a romantic Wagnerian opera "god" that has no place in real mythology. It was a desperate attempt at inventing a common (and glorious) past. Something which was original and German. The truth is that Germany had been Christian at least since the West Roman empire crumbled in the 5th Century! And then of course came the Holy Roman Empire. They never knew or worshipped the norse gods.
So the idea of Vikings wearing horned helmets came from Wagner? I was wondering about that.
Dr. Crawford, thanks for another wonderful video! I've noticed that, whenever discussing Odin, you seem to focus heavily on the battle and cunning aspects of his personality without really delving into the mystical or artistic sides. While for most people these are the chief aspects of his character, as a musician I'm reminded that Odin was also a figure who gifted us with magic and poetry and, perhaps most crucially, the moment of artistic inspiration and the impulse to create (and destroy). As a dedicated viewer, artist/musician, and amateur scholar, I'd love to hear your thoughts on these aspects of Odin's character. Thanks and cheers from Kentucky!
For example, off the top of my head: Odin's sacrifice of himself unto himself in order to perceive the runes is an apt description of the artistic process (or at least *my* artistic process). Furthermore, the name "Mad One" perfectly describes the state or trance one enters into when trying to compose music or poetry. Just some of my ideas. What do you think? Thanks again!
Stunning backdrop!
Is there anyway one day we could have a video explaining the differences between the anglo saxons and the vikings?
Yep, as Soon as he said "Slepinir" it sounded like Sleipnir's hooves beating through the sky! ( Apparently the mic is right on key with the wind) again, thanks Mr. Jackson!
Stunning scenery again, Û are truly 🙌 and, again Gratitude 😍
Doc, do you hike to these places? Or do you ride up there? Definitely loving the "favorite places" videos you've been doing. I live in Utah, so pretty similar terrain. It's been inspiring to go do more hiking than usual haha.
Love the shirt!
And the location is stunning.
Fascinating! Thanks, Dr. Crawford!
Fascinating, thank you so much.
Very informative videos thank you for making them.
My praise and spear go to the Great Wanderer praise Odinn
Everytime he says popular culture I'm pretty sure he's talking about Marvel😂
I love marvel and i also miss waffle crisps.....
Spectacular scenery. Thank you
Uh yes more of these mountain views please
As always Doc, thanks for the info!
Dr. Crawford sir! I'd like to implore you to enable captions (automatic) in your videos. It's very easy to listen to, definitely, but captions always make following a whole video a much "lighter" experience for me. Anyhow, love your vids. :)
This is being worked on--there's 3 people going through videos and painstakingly captioning manually, as the automatic stuff is garbage for this kind of content.
Wonderful, thanks for your informative reply Kate! :)
Very interesting. I am curious to know the correlation of the name Harald Wartooth and the Viking king Harald Bluetooth to whom I am a direct decendant of. The modern Bluetooth technology was also named after him. Look at the symbol for Bluetooth technology and you will notice it is an ancient rune.
thanks Dr Crawford, interesting as usual - Harold Wartooth being beaten to death with a wooden staff (even if it is wielded by Odin himself) doesn't exactly sound like a noble death in battle -
But killed by Oðin himself.
killed by Odin - (already said ("even if it is wielded by Odin himself")) - by being beaten to death with a wooden staff hardly counts as being killed in battle surely - even if the noble death is a later addition
Basically meeting Odin is bad news if you want to live. Death tends to be imminent one way or another.
Fantastic Video!
I live in Boulder and after I watch these videos, I feel like when I walk in the forests Odin is walking with me. Especially on a cold, rainy day and when the ravens are flying around
Great video! Thanks!
Those clouds!
Feel like i could walk up to odin lol
Sacrifices himself to himself. That resonates.
Those sleeves are killing me
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Thank you! 🌞
Thank you yet again, Doctor. Fancy shirt and a great view. I sometimes imagine this is similar to how ancient Scandinavia looked like :D
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I've met Woden. And no, I don't mean that figuratively. The reports in the sagas are genuine.
Do tell
It wasn't planned. I was with some fellow Wodenists, in a sacred place in England, a few years ago. Late one night we performed Blot to Woden and to Wayland. Half an hour later an elderly man dressed sharp in black hobbled up to us, with his walking stick, in the pitch dark, without us hearing him until he was very close. Where we were was on a long dirt track, far away from roads, car-parks, towns. He told us he knew why we were there, then performed his own small ritual, then left. At the time he seemed like a normal, elderly, modern man. After he left we looked at each other with uncertainty and then it began to dawn on us who had just visited.
I'm a practitioner of the old ways, but I have a very empirical mind - skeptical of all claims to the 'paranormal'. But there's no doubt in mind who graced us that night.
I love hearing stories like this. Perceived positive divine encounters always make me feel better inside. Whether in reality, how they perceived what was experienced as objective or not doesn't matter to me. When I see a man believing he encountered the divine, it fills me with hope.
Liquid Oxygen - I'd be interested in hearing others' stories like mine, if you know of any? I don't really have any thoughts on the relationship between Tiw/Tyr and Woden/Odin. I do believe Tiw was the primary Asa-God before Woden, but that's all. I have no direct experience of Tiw, though I honour Him for His sense of justice.
I don't want to rain on your parade but I'm just being devil's advocate here. Assuming you're not just making this up, you don't think the old man could simply have been a fellow pagan who was aware of your gathering and simply turned up to pay his own respects? Or even a prank played by someone in your group to get "Odin" to come and blow your minds?
I always imagine that Valhalla means Hall of the Fallen. Sure there's a etymological connection there.
Best view so far.
Gracias! 🙏🙏🙏
Where specifically is this? I live in CO and would love to go hiking where you filmed this one.
If Bob Ross was a teacher it's this guy
I thought Odin wore blue? I appreciate your work and channel. Heil from Italy.
Christianity has some prophets thought to be mad, we imagine mad harbingers - old men wearing rags and screaming about inevitable End. Well, in Norse mythology the highest god is a harbinger himself. Using his godly powers not to say to everyone about what's coming, but to prepare at all odds for what's coming, even appearing to be mad often.
Also I can't help but to note how anime Odin's character is - trying to prevent the inevitable already written demise of the world and himself.
I guess God of War is decently accurate.
The gods Odin basically manipulates human beings and basically exploits people for his own interests.
I've been to Iceland and have relatives there. I went when I was younger in the dead of winter. I enjoyed it but didn't know anything about Norse mythology and Snorri Sturluson. Now that I had become a Tolkien fan a few years ago and reading up on Norse mythology, I see exactly where Tolkien got his inspiration. He got it from literature such as the Icelandic Prose Edda. The name of the dwarves are also names used in The Hobbit as well in Lord of the Rings. As far as Odin is concerned, I had no idea he came from Troy. A common belief was held by the Romans as well. I also wonder how places like Byzantium influenced Norse Mythology.
I read an article earlier that said that Odin was an unpopular god in ancient times. It also said that when warriors died in battle they were betrayed by Odin. Which doesn't make sense to me. I was just wondering if this has any truth to it.
There isn;t
I have 3 questions-
1. Do scandinavian countries still have old pagan temples or anything of that era preserved?.. i'd like to visit those places later this year.
2. Do anyone still practice the worship of old gods and rituals?
3. In your history book and literature are the vikings portrayed as villains?
- with love from Kolkata,INDIA.
I believe in Norse Paganism, but sacrificing nowadays is pretty much illegal in most countries unfortunately, even if it’s just animals. And I don’t believe vikings were the villains, the Northmen simply wanted to make farms in England but because they were pagan, they were killed and not accepted, so the vikings had to resort to violence to live, which, of course, the Saxons painted out as “dark” and “ungodly” and exaggerated the stories to get a bigger military against the vikings.
@@dcmuggamuga407 Very nice to meet you Nomskar. Sacrificing is not illegal in any muslim society in fact they promote it. I don't believe vikings were evil, they wanted farming but were also purely warriors and it was norm of that era specially if you're fighting against christianity. I know the britishers are masters at distorting the history to hide their evil deeds but thanks to social media it's now impossible. I'm very impressed by your culture and i pray to Lord Shiva for the resurrection of Pagan Scandanavia. Do preach in the streets and every platform possible otherwise people will only think of THOR-ODIN as marvel characters. Do you still have pagan architectures left?
What do you think about the depiction of Odin in Neil Gaimans "American Gods" series?
The wooden staff thing is cool but poison would have been just as effective and probably less messy. LOL
Right on cowboy
cool
Didn't the Romans equate Odin/Woden/Wotan with Mercury, hence we have Wednesday in English, and Mercredi in French. Also in German Wut means anger, very close to Wotan in sound don't you think?
Correct (I am German). In Old High German texts it is said "W(u)otan ist Wut" (fury),
Good afternoon sir. Could you possibly provide a good source for the Saga of Harald Wartooth containing the story in which you reference. That would be immensely appreciated, thank you!
The Mad One is fitting. Even if it doesn't necessarily mean anger.
He was honest though, and even has been said to admit to over drinking and womanizing.
"Honest"..!!! ....No, I don't think so. :):):)
Jack Ingish hahahaha at least he was when he owned up to overdrinking and womanizing
LoL.. Agreed :)
Honest is not an epitaph I would assign to Odin! He's very well versed in the art of deception and tricking people. Also outright lying if that's what it takes. He's also usually disguised and goes under a pseudonym when he's out and about. Thor is honest and straightforward. Odin? Not so much.
it's known as humble bragging. It's a very drengr thing to do
Anybody know what happens to Odin's sacrificed eye, does he keep it or ?Mimer? get it? Thanks!
wow
Greetings
How would Othinn be written using runes? Would it be elder or younger futhark?
i have a friend that telled me
odin is a good guy just don,t piss him off
How would I translate Óðinn into the younger Futhark?
what do you think of survive the jive's talk on odin?
Intellectually informative.
Does W(u)otan has anything to do "satan" ? I heard these two words were related. Anybody knows?
No they have nothing to do with each other. Completely different language groups, religions, continents, cultures and traditions.
Sarah Gray
"s-t-n" ( consonant) as the root word doesn't come from Hebrew*, it comes from one of these Proto- Indo- European languages, I believe it's Sanskrit. Old Norse belongs to that group. Hebrew language (or rather the script) was created during Hellenistic era and its vocabulary is mocked from different West Asiatic languages. Ppl get confused because they think that Hebraic alphabetical characters represent the same language.
'Satan' as a mythological / religious character from the bible has got its reputation from misinterpretation of original Hebraic text. this is also the reason why this and other "symbolic descriptions" are transliterated and Latinized/westernized instead of being translated according to proper grammatical form and the true meaning of the root word.
I dont trust these stories about how Odin wanted men to die to fight a fight he already knew was lost. Odin was wise, he wouldnt waste time like that. Besides, when you find answers online to "what happens after Ragnarok?" like this: "Most gods die during the battle together with the evil and the two people are left to repopulate the world" one cant stop himself from thinking that it sounds just like a priest made this up to fool pagans into becoming Christians and thinking that Adam and Eve were those 2 people. It wasnt pagans that wrote these things down, remember that. It was Christians, and taking that into consideration you must be critical to things like this which could be used as clear propaganda tools for conversion.
If the Vikings really wanted to preserve their religion, they should've written it down themselves, not left it to the Christians to do, @Goosecore .
it means the insane one...skald
“Practical advice, like not to tell more than one person your secret, or to get up early if you have to kill someone...”
This is part of what I like about Norse mythology. It’s just as violent as every other religion, but there’s no fallacious revisionist morality invented by its adherents post-hoc to justify the atrocities. Marvel does that, but even one of the Thor movies made fun of that as a running theme. In the actual mythology, there’s hardly any good guys and the stories are told more for spectacle than to force obedience out of true believers like bad religions do.
I guess what I’m getting at is, it’s like a fantasy version of Always Sunny. Like, “Yeah these characters are total dingwads, watch em goooooo”
Crawford says in this video that Odin seeks out Haraldr Hilditonn and Sigmundr and kills them because they have killed a lot of men in battle and would be great warriors for him to have in Ragnarok. Were there any other warriors that Odin sought out to kill and bring to Valholl? Or are there only stories of just these two?
Helgi of Helgakvitha Hundingsbana fame is another that comes to mind. Albeit Odin doesn't directly kill him, he nonetheless provides the spear that does.
One thing any one studying. Is son of man. And man. One should not to confuse the 2. When reading. Son of man is part God part man. So says Christian DeBeya
Is it true that Odin had a thunderbolt weapon just like Zeus had, although it was more like a spear? And the weapon of both Gods were created by 3 Cyclops?*
If true, where do you think this link comes from?
*I'm finding it hard to find out information about Odins weapon but I found 1 source that mentions 3 Cyclops created it
Edit: I should have watched the video first! Sorry. It was created by 3 Dwarves. Still it seems close to Zeus.
Thor was the pistolero, Odin the rifleman.
Shifu Careaga - Thanks.
Jesus, I see you everywhere these days. I spoke to you on The Thunderbolts Project page, The Den of Lore and on Sacred Geometry International/Geocosmic Rex!
Shifu Careaga - Also what do you know about Celtic mythology? I am reading a book called The Celtic Gods which is about mythology and comets. In one part the God Cuchullian has a 5 pronged spear (No such weapon has been found in Ireland)
The same God is also described as having his arms hacked to pieces until only the sinew keeps them conected to his body. This is like a description of what happens when Zeus fights Typhon!
Shifu Careaga - I think the Norse version of Venus, Aphrodite and Ishtar is Freja not Loki. As far as I know Loki seems to be a Hermes, Mercury or Thoth type figure.
Be careful with analogous comparisons. People often infer way more than truly can be based on small similarities. Trying to create a master connection between all pagan mythologies has led many to error and oversimplifies a lot.
Please check Turkish Mythology, similarities between viking / turkish myths, also Turkish words in Swedish. Last but not least, you may start with "Odin from Tyrkland"
Dr. Jeff. Question: Does Odin have a symbol? I've seen the interlocked triangles, but is there any evidence that the Celtic Circle and Cross was ever a symbol for this person?
No, that symbol is Celtic, not Norse
Oh look! Hel, Fenris, and a Jotun disliked this video.
Where is that?
on location in Asgard
I’m just here bc of God of War
Interesting, "wode" in Old English also means mad, crazy or insane. Wode>Woden.
Woodchip we haven “woeden” in Dutch which actually means “anger”.
And somebody is “woedend” if they’re “furious”.
The sons of Berk are children of Odin
"A complicated and dangerous figure" - just like you then! :) :) :)
see; "If you knew Odin like I know Woden;"
Enjoy or ridicule, as you please.
:)
Gandalf the wanderer.
Shouldn't you be hunting orc?
Hail Óðinn, der Allvater!
Volume issues again...
Does Odin ever come looking for female's for Valhalha? I heard that there were femaile warriors sometimes.
Some warriors get their souls reaped by Freyja as well apparently, I dare say the majority of women in the viking age wished to reside in Freyja's halls.
if i ever get another cat i think i'll call 'im oden. no really that's how i spell it. harharhar. thank yew gare
Sort of like the meaning of the root of my last name Fergus ... angry/ wrathful
See my petri dish Earth videos. Know this world is indeed made from a giant and that giants are very real. HAIL ODIN
I died for my knowledge. I went Asystole while I was partially spinally decapitated. Got a pacemaker now. Got my whole neck fused anterior and posterior. When it happened my mind started filling with the truth of this world. I cannot escape it. It keeps coming in. I also saw in the sky then "4 years ago" what is called "The Wild Hunt".
That's why I deeply hate "God of War" (2022). Modern western writers makes him look awful.
Everything you talk about is just a myth God is the real thing. Take your hat off and quit getting overheated.
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Christianity is also a myth as well. Be respectful.
Wonder if there any less known Norse gods?
Many. Some known by name in one poem only and then never mentioned again.
There are Several gods in the Germanic Pantheon that do not appear in Norse mythology. Mannus, Tuisto (Tuisco), Zisa, and Nerthus, are some examples
More than were recorded by Snorri. I can think of three offhand Eir, the gods' doctor; Vor, (goddess of wisdom; and a goddess of love named Sjofn. None of their stories seem to have survived. For a large list of Northern gods, see: "A Dictionary of Northern Mythology" by Rudolf Simek, Translated by Angela Hall.
Rudolf Simek is Professor of Medieval German and Scandinavian literature at the University of Bonn in Germany.
Nerthus is cognate with Njord, which would suggest that they're the same figure except Nerthus is a feminine name. Vor, Sjofn and several other goddesses are thought to have just been different names for Frigg/Freya that Snorri Sturluson mistakenly listed as separate figures. Dr. Crawford talks about this in one of his videos, although I can't remember which.
LoL, nice :)