• Odin's missing eye/Raven's Blessings

    From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 28 19:22:33 2025
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    As I have commented before years ago on some of these groups,
    I believe that Odin’s missing or closed eye is new/dark moon,
    whereas the open eye is the sun.

    Odin is also raven-associated, and I also associate raven with
    the new/dark moon, coming up in a little more than 13 hours.

    Some may be interested in my thread“Raven’s Blessings”
    on alt.native , where I draw a parallel between Haida and
    Beothuk mythology.

    Other figures that I think are raven-associated are
    the Morrigan, maybe Lugh, and maybe Jacob.
    Do you know of any others?

    I have also previously commented on
    “The landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight”
    from the song Wild Rover, and speculated that
    it refers to the waxing of the moon from new/dark
    moon to full moon. Are there any stories of
    Odin’s closed eye opening up?

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