Category: Society/Culture>> Religion
Analysis:
The main god in Nordic mythology is equivalent to Zeus in Greek mythology and Zhu in Roman mythology. Peter. He created the Nordic humans, was in charge of death, battle, poetry, magic, wisdom, etc., and was the father of the gods. The majestic Odin, holding a spear---never misses the target, wearing a Drapinir ring, an eight-legged horse at his crotch, followed by two wolves, Fletcher and Goli, on the left and right. Northern world tour. Odin only has one eye (huh?), but it can shine like the sun. The other eye mutilated itself in order to drink water from the Well of Wisdom under the World Tree in order to gain ultimate wisdom. It seems that he is a suffering god, not as romantic as Zeus. Indeed, the Nordic world is full of hardship and endurance due to the lack of a climate like the pure land of Greece. In "Saint Seiya", we can see the Nordic people silently praying to Odin in the biting cold wind without any complaints, just like the god they respect. In the myth, Odin nailed it to the World Tree with his own spear, suffered for nine days, and finally learned nine poems and eighteen spells. He lives in the Palace of Heroes in the Immortal Palace - his throne is there, where he can see all living beings in the nine worlds; he also often goes to the Palace of Wanhan, where the martyrs who died bravely will be honored with honor. Odin's tribute awaits for the coming of the final holy war. There is a poem describing Odin's suffering:
I know that I hung on the windy tree
For nights, all of nineWounded byspear - and given to Odin
Myself to myself
On that Tree
And no man knows where the roots of it run.
None gave me bread ,
None gave me mead ,
I peered down ,
I took up the Runes,
Screaming of need I took them
< p> And fell back hence.Apollo is always depicted as a beardless youth, or "ephebe" (Ephebe refers to a youth in ancient Greece, meaning 18 to 20 years old strong man). His symbols are: the three-legged table, the navel of the world (a round stone), the lyre, the bow and arrow, the laurel tree, the eagle, the raven, and the young deer.
Although Apollo is always associated with the sun, he is not really the god of the sun. Apollo is the god of medicine, prophecy, literature and art (especially music), and archery.
Ancient texts that mention Apollo include: Aeschylus, Apollodorus, Apollonis Rhodes, Callimachus, Cicero, Diodorus Siculus, Euripides, Hesiod, Homer, Iginus, Ovid, Pausanias, Pindar, Statius, Strabo, and Virgil.