Re: Odin as a Trojan Prince

From: tgpedersen@...
Message: 8518
Date: 2001-08-15

--- In cybalist@..., MrCaws@... wrote:
> --- In cybalist@..., cas111jd@... wrote:
>
>
> What if this story is speaking of something similar-Cultural
> Influence coming from trade routes, perhaps. The story itself may
be
> a fiction, but may hold a sliver of truth. I certainly can't accept
> Odin as a historical figure, though-Legendary heroes can play a big
> part in myth, but the head of a pantheon? Doesn't seem to hold.
>
> -Mr. Caws

Leaders may have names derived from their chief deities. Case in
point: Akhen-aton. Historians may confuse names of divinities with
actual physical leaders. Case in point: Suetonius story of riots
under Nero led by a freed slave named Iesos.

Torsten