THE TOTAL CONTRADICTION | 2006-05-15
Odin hung on the World Tree, Yggsradil, and lost an eye for KNOWLEDGE, not Wisdom.
Yes, Virginia, there have always been different word in Norse tongues for knowledge and for wisdom.
In the Orient, no one in any Holy Book ever cared about just knowing a few more FACTS, which is what knowledge is.
Odin is hte only god I have ever heard of who took knowledge seriously.
Except for Jehovah, JHVH, G*d.
The whole point of Genesis is that the pursuit of knowledge is the one Evil that damns humanity.
It is facinating that Lucifer means "Light Giver." Satan is also "The Morning Star."
In Greek mythology Prometheus is the light giver. He gave man the secret of fire and will spend eternity having his guts torn at by birds of prey for that sin.
Original Sin is eating of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge by Adam and Eve.
These differences in the fundamental thinking of Greeks, Jew-Christians, and Nordics are not exactly trivial.
Any comments?