Re: Vanir

--- In cybalist@..., george knysh <gknysh@...> wrote:

>
> --- tgpedersen@... wrote:
> I said the person
> > "Odin" was named after
> > the divinity Odin, who was known long before.
>
> *****GK: Here is a passage from the Heimskringla:
>
> "8. ODIN'S LAWGIVING.
>
> Odin established the same law in his land that had
> been in force
> in Asaland. Thus he established by law that all dead
> men should
> be burned, and their belongings laid with them upon
> the pile, and
> the ashes be cast into the sea or buried in the
> earth."
>
> The universal burial rite east of the Don in the time
> of Mithradates (no exception) was INHUMATION. How does
> your theory about "Odin" explain the above citation,
> viz., the establishment of CREMATION "by law" and "the
> same law... that had been in force in Asaland".*****
>
>

Yes, I've thought about that myself. It doesn't look good, does it?
I'll go check on what they actually did here then.

Torsten