| 31 Jan 2003 |  Rich |  Loading...The best rendering of Odin I've ever seen. He gave up his left eye so that he could learn about Runes, and how to tell the future. He also hung himself upside down on Yggdrasil for nine days, for the same purpose. | |
| 15 Sep 2003 | Hathuwolf | Loading... Well done (exept the wings on helmet, but you already know).
What about another one as wanderer?...
Odin scal sigra.
Hathuwolf | |
| 19 Oct 2003 | Kal Munis of The Pintlers | Loading... Hey! I love the pciture. The beard is very well done and well just everything about it is great. So keep up to good work!
Kal | |
| 14 Nov 2003 | Anonymous | Loading... it is the god who gave up his blue eye in order to see into the allknowing pool or something. He should have one or two birds with him I can't remember. His name might be Odin. Anyway very cool picture. | |
| 25 Jan 2004 |  Robert Boström | Loading... To all of you that think you're the only one claiming "the vikings didn't had horns or wings on their helmets. Well, here's something for you: 1. First of all, this is not a historical Viking, it's a mythological god, If one believe they have horns or wings on their helmets, then they have. 2. True, the historical vikings didn't use winged or horned helmets, however, other people related to the vikings, like the saxons used horned helmets.  Michael John Morris replies: "You are perfectly right Robert. He's a God, gods tend to look larger than life because they are. Odin is rather a cold and arrogant fellow, it's amusing that while he knows a lot he isn't very smart at using that knowledge. Lots of book leraning and not much street smarts, as they say. Bronze helemts with horns from earlier Sacndanavian peoples have been escavated in that area I believe" | |
| 24 Feb 2004 | Twilight Star | Loading... I think this is a great picture, wings and all. Thanks for sharing. | |
| 17 Mar 2004 |  Stefán Sigurkarlsson | Loading... Kewl pic. On the subject of feathers, Óðinn is probably related to Wotan, a corresponding Germanic deity, who might just as well have adorned his helm with feathers. Óðinn might also have more exotic roots; Snorri Sturluson, author of our primary source of Norse mythology (Snorra-Edda) proclaimed the gods were travellers from Turkey. Á ekki Fenrisúlfur að drepa Óðin? Hvernig getur hann þá sigrað?  Michael John Morris replies: "
You are right, Wotan and Odin are one and the same. Saxo Grammaticus suggested that the Aesir were humans who pretended to be gods and that they came from a land in Asia, (hence 'Aesir'). Whatever the origins, I like the idea that the war gods (the Aesir) fought with and later mingled with the older fertility gods (the Vanir). And of course the Eddas are charming. The correlations between the different European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern religions are fun to explore as well." | |
| 1 Oct 2004 | Jasta | Loading... You need to check the literature...Odin snatched out his own RIGHT eye to give to Mimir. Not his left.  Michael John Morris replies: "
Well I did say I couldn't remember...Ah well, use a mirror and it'll 'look' better.
That's some wisdom for you ^-^" | |
| 25 Jul 2005 | Scott Millican | Loading... The pic is good. I am doing research for a paiting of odin myself. He has two ravens that retrieve daily info from around the wourld regarding who died in battle that day. Odin is father of the gods and literal father of Thor. He gave the world language and poetry. He is what the character Merlin is based upon. He rides a eight legged horse that transports him from the afterlife to the living. He is known as Wodon and Odin the same. He hordes warriors who have died in Valkrye in hopes of using the skills in the final battle between good and evil. Not making anyone right or wrong about comments, just thought I would share a few bits I have uncovered.  Michael John Morris replies: "
Yeah, he's a fun good. Another name for him was 'Wotan'. I like how he's the farther of the gods, but that doesn't automatically make him 'good'... He has other names like The great deceiver, Farther of Battles, Farther of Lies, Farther of Evil, stuff like that, as well as the relatively benign 'Allfarther'. There's this idea that all the gods are good and Loki is the bad guy, but it was never that simple." | |
| 17 Jul 2006 | Black Swan | Loading... If you are interested in Odin and mythology such as this I suggest reading The Wolf and the Raven by Diana L. Paxson it is about Brunahild a sort of Valkyrie chosen by Odin to serve him and Sigfrid a half wolf. Both are very popular in Germanic legend such as the Volsungasaga.
And as well great work on the picture it has a sort of sketchy-ness relative to some of Leonardo Da Vinci's sketches. | |
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