Posted on 03/08/2023 7:58:23 PM PST by BenLurkin
Researchers have discovered that an ancient gold disc found in southern Denmark includes the earliest written reference to the Norse god Odin, revealing that he was worshiped up to 150 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report.
The piece of jewelry — which dates to the 400s AD — was uncovered in Vindelev in central Denmark in 2020 amidst a treasure trove that included Roman coins.
For years it was publicly displayed at a museum near the site before academics had the opportunity to study it, according to NBC News.
A runic inscription with a reference to Odin, one of the primary gods in the Norse pantheon in the pre-Christian Germanic world, has upended academics’ understanding of the pagan religion.
“This is the smoking gun for Odin’s presence in Scandinavia as early as the 5th century,” Simon Nygaard, an assistant professor in pre-Christian Nordic religion at Aarhus University in Denmark, told NBC News on Wednesday. “In the proper sense of the word, it’s historic.”
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They were NAZIs!
Odin...Odin...wherefore art thou Odin...
ping
“Ancient Viking treasure has oldest-known reference to Norse god Odin”
Ode to Odin.
You mean we’ve only had evidence that the Norse/Viking religion had only been around since about AD 650? I always had the impression it was much older than that.
sorry for the lack of caps. keyboard trouble
The Viking age didn’t start until 793 AD, there were no Vikings before then. This article refers to an “Ancient Viking treasure” but places it in the 400’s, which means it’s impossible to be a viking treasure. Normally I wouldn’t nitpick, but details matter in this case and if the author of this article got this wrong what else is made up?
Needs to have ONE Eye!
You could cut and paste capital letters. 😃
I wonder if there’s more treasure like this on Oak Island.
Thanks!
The rest of the Runes keyword, sorted:
That backwards swastika is also seen in old North American Indian stuff - mostly in the SW?? While I doubt that the Vikings made it that far (or that early) - I wonder what the story is that makes that symbol popular across time and space?
Symmetry… nothing more. There’s an innate human attraction to symmetry.
I was just reading an article about it. While reading and looking at the image - it is also very simple to make (carve). A cross would be the most simple, but the swastika adds a bit of flair without too much extra trouble.
I also thought of the sun, and that was mentioned for one of the cultures. Another culture had it as the connection between heaven and earth (one segment pointing up, the other down). For Odin I think it was to portray walking or spinning as he travels the earth.
to make them appear in alpha order, highest first:
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-pre-hispanic-religious-sites-linked-ancient.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-early-romans-flat-faced-dogs.html
https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/chicken-breeding-in-japan-dates-back-to-fourth-century-bce/
Jainism?
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