five thousand shades of blue
Saturday, July 14, 2001
Veddy interesting. It appears that the similarity of the Loki/Balder and Judas/Jesus thing was likely the cross-pollination of Christianity into Norway. From
Encyclopedia Mythica: "[Edda] Two collections of Old Norse writings which form together the most authoritative source for Norse mythology. The oldest is the Elder, or Poetic, Edda. It is a collection of 34 Icelandic poems, interspersed with prose dating from the 9th to 12th century. Most of these poems deal with Norse mythology." It is very interesting to note that 9th-12th century is reportedly when Christianity makes it to Norway.
Thanks,
Martha. It's so cool that we can talk religion and NOT argue.
is
this just not enough…?
