Re: [tied] Digest Number 640

--- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:

>
> > > Not to mention that the Germanic form behind Odinn - *Watonaz -
> is
> > > clearly a divine name "Wild/Frenzied God", containing the -on-

os

> > > suffix common in many IE theonyms (especially in Celtic)
> >
> > I still think a god of anger sounds strange. It might have been
> > reshaped from something non-Germanic. I mean, the Romans didn't
> have
> > a god named Ira, did they? ;-)
>
>
> God, you just don't get it, do you??
>
> Odinn was connected with occult knowledge - Germanic *wat- (from

PIE

> 1.*wet- "to blow, inspire, spiritually arouse") had a semantic

range

> including "ragin", "mad", "inspired" and "spirit" (which all suit

the

> character of Odinn as is revealed in the stories concerning him) -
> all connected with the inspired frenzy as engaged in by poet-

priests

> of the Indo Europeans (in fact, the same root is behind Gaulish
> uatis, a name for a type of priest, Irish faith, a type of

poet/seer,

> and Latin vates - a prophet or poet). This identifies Odinn as a
> first function diety connected with magic/the occult/poetic
> inspiration. This "furious" aspect also helps to explain some of
> Odinn's conenctions with warfare - notably with the frenzied
> berserkers. This would connect Odinn strongly with Vedic Rudra -
> though he also shares first function sovereign features with Varuna.
>
> - Chris Gwinn

As I recall, one of his names were AuDun?

Torsten