The woke Viking Arith Härger claims to be excited by a new archeological find in Denmark showing an ancient association between Norse god Odin and the swastiska.
Not sure if I buy it. Härger´s excitement, I mean!
Personally, I think Odin is really an euhemerized version of Attila the Hun, but that´s me!
Det är du inte ensam om. Dvs att se Oden som en "gudomliggjord" Atilla. Jag var på ett seminarium för mer än ett år sedan där en feministisk historiker drev en sådan linje.
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Från ett tidigare blogginlägg:
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The most fascinating speculation in the documentary is that the notorious Norse god Odin is a composite character, perhaps a Germanic deity fused with shamanistic elements from North Asiatic cultures - and the Huns were North Asiatic. Maybe Odin was even inspired by the Hunnish leader Attila himself? Snorri Sturluson (13th century) claimed in his "Prose Edda" that Odin was a real king from the Black Sea region, which was indeed under Hunnish control during the Migrations. The idea that Odin is a Germanic-Eurasiatic mix is probably impossible to conclusively prove, but it makes much more sense than other theories I´ve heard. "Odin was Mercury" or "Odin was Varuna" or "Odin´s shamanistic elements came from the Sami (the Laps)". It sure is an intriguing idea that the Scourge of God inspired an actual god!