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Re: Wyrd, Nyx, etc.
Posted By: Doom (207.239.12.200)
Date: 12/20/2002 at 9:05 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Wyrd, Nyx, etc. (Edgar Birben)
: Copied from 13 th warrior: "Joseph Cantrell explains
: according to his investigations: "North and
: Teutonic mythology shows us in detail that old
: northmen and teutons believed that the women had
: special powers. The important gods are all male, but
: the dead-chooser Valkries are women. As there are 3
: valkries, there are norns and fates which writes the
: lives of mortal beings. They were calling norns as
: Urth(Past) and Nyxe (Future). And finally, there is a
: anglo- saxonian nordic mix up goddess called Nyx who
: controls fate."
'Scuse me, but exactly what is this 13th Warrior? if it's fiction, you do realize that the author could be taking some liberties; I've been studying mythology (particularly Norse) since I was about ten, and I've never heard of a Norse goddess named Nyx, and I've always heard of the three important Norns (the ones who actually are mentioned in the legends etc.) as being Urd (Urth, therefore, is understandable), Skuld, and Verdandi. I'm not saying I'm absolutely right, because I know that I don't know everything about the subject. I'm just saying perhaps you should double-check with some other sources. I, after all, only saw the information I posted on Nyx (as a greek goddess) in one source, so I'm open to other ideas.
: Another copy from it: " This part of the
: saga(battle)is only about of warfare and battles. Did
: Ýbn Fadlan knew the importance of the re appearance of
: Buliwyf, or did he just use it for addition?
: These birds would give Odin news from the other
: worlds.Ýbn Fadlan: "Herger talked about these
: birds before, calling them Truan,he finally told me
: that they were at the Buliwyf both shoulders,
: signaling us the final victory...." (the word
: Truan may be just the nordic meaning of Ravens. Ý
: agree that they have both special names. Thx for the
: information doom:))
Or some like meaning [for Truan, at any rate)... And of course, Doom's name is derived from a Teutonic word, dom about fate, generally meaning the ultimate (bad) fate of a person; for instance, somebody who will die in incineration will have a doom of being immolated, or something.
=)
dm.
Messages In This Thread
- The word "Wyrd"
Edgar Birben (venus1.ttnet.net.tr) -- 12/19/2002 at 10:31 a.m.
- Wyrd, Nyx, etc.
Doom (207.239.12.200) -- 12/19/2002 at 12:58 p.m.
- Re: Wyrd, Nyx, etc.
Edgar Birben (venus1.ttnet.net.tr) -- 12/19/2002 at 2:09 p.m.
- Re: Wyrd, Nyx, etc.
Doom (207.239.12.200) -- 12/20/2002 at 9:05 a.m.
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