Dragon Clan: Returning from Rebirth, My God Lu Mingfei Tu preaches the Tao

Chapter 525 The Fountain of Wisdom 【Subscription】

Schneider turned to one of the pages and read: "As the god of knowledge, Odin has a very strong desire for the pursuit of knowledge. According to legend, he hung himself upside down on the World Tree for nine days and nine nights. .

During these nine days and nine nights, the wind was strong and the wind and rain were precarious. Odin endured unimaginable torture, and his body was even pierced by a spear.

Odin even made himself a kind of sacrifice, sacrificed to something.

On the big tree that no one knows, there is no water to quench thirst and no bread to satisfy hunger. He looked down, picked up the rune writing, and finally fell from the tree, so Odin got the wisdom of rune. "

After Schneider finished reading this paragraph, he couldn't help but look up at Manstein, and Manstein responded subconsciously:
"Rune is a kind of spell in Norse mythology, as long as it can be carved on metal, stone or even wood, even if it is any material, as long as it is carved on it, it can exert infinite power.

After Odin obtained the mystery of the runic script, the three goddesses of fate in Norse mythology recorded this script on the fate and engraved it on the golden shield at the same time.

It seems that what Odin did was more complicated than we imagined. If he really sacrificed himself, who did he sacrifice himself to?Or was it true that he sacrificed to himself as recorded in the myth?

This seems absolutely contradictory, otherwise, how could it be possible to have such a powerful power if you just sacrificed yourself?It's even more impossible to get the knowledge of runes?

And what exactly are the runes, who can really know?Maybe there is something in it that we can't imagine?Especially the crux of the problem, who did Odin dedicate himself to?

Not long ago, Odin led a frenzy of dragons to attack Kassel Academy. The opponent's body was obviously parasitized by something, and it was definitely not the real Odin.

And Odin sacrificed himself to something in exchange for the stalwart power of the runes, and it was very likely that he sacrificed himself to that weird thing.

And if we want to understand that kind of weird thing, it seems that the rune text is a good place to start. "

Schneider nodded approvingly,
"That's right, Professor Manstein, you must know that in Norse mythology, the suffering of hanging upside down, as a kind of hanging, is a very terrible criminal law in the Nordic laws, and there is a kind of punishment in the Tarot cards. The thing called "The Hanged Man", he is such a symbol.

But Odin was able to bear the pain of being hanged upside down. Obviously, this kind of punishment is beyond imagination. If a prisoner makes a serious mistake in the West, he will be hanged, also known as riding a horse.

It is equivalent to Odin being hung upside down on a tree, and the meaning of the world tree can be understood as "Odin's horse", and it is precisely because of the pain of being hanged upside down that Odin discovered the runes the mystery.

In this way, he obtained the profound meaning of Runas, and the three goddesses of Noren, that is, the three goddesses of fate, engraved the decision of fate recorded by Odin in this runic language on the golden shield.

Immediately afterwards, Odin took the risk to get Shixian honey wine from the giant, but he finally gave both of these things to humans.

He is even a benefactor of mankind in every aspect, and even in the twilight of the gods, that is, on that day of disaster, Odin also fought bravely and lived and died with the whole world.

In the end, he did not choose to flee, because it was his only destiny to set foot on the battlefield. He fought against that destiny, and he did not give up even the dead. He formed the Hall of Valor, so that the souls of the dead could fight side by side with the gods.

In the eyes of the Nordic people, he is so sacred and so glorious, he is a well-deserved god. "

Manstein shook his head and said involuntarily.

"All history is written by the victors, who can know the accuracy of it? Even if Odin was really destroyed at that time, no one knows whether this history was written by him before he was destroyed?
In other records, Odin did not give the hard-earned runes, the incantations engraved on the golden shield, and the mead he obtained from the giants at the risk of his life, to humans. , but given to one of Odin's children, named Plataki.

So these things are not fabricated out of thin air. Maybe Odin really has an unimaginable side. He built himself like a golden sculpture, which looks extremely sacred and dazzling. In fact, who can understand the things deep in his heart? know?

But there are also descriptions of Odin in some poems, some of which mentioned that after Odin was exiled to the world, two of the ancient gods continued to rule the kingdom of the gods until Odin's return.

And the whole process and probably the story is actually like this,
It is said that once Odin's wife, Frigga, stole a gold statue made by Odin, and finally broke the golden statue. Who are people?
Because Odin can cast the spell of Runas on the golden statue, which makes the golden statue speak, but after the golden statue is broken, it can no longer speak. This behavior directly angered Odin.

But because he guessed that his wife Frigga had done it, and he couldn't punish his wife directly, Odin could only leave the kingdom of the gods in anger, and then went to the ground to roam.

During his absence, his two brothers replaced Odin, and because his two brothers looked very similar to Odin, even Frigga didn't know it and thought Odin Ding also ruled the gods and the kingdom in the kingdom of the gods.

It's just that Odin's two brothers didn't have Odin's divine power, so when their mortal enemies, the frost giants, came to attack again, they blocked the entire land with ice and destroyed all living things on it.

After seven full months, Odin came back, his two brothers ran away secretly, the frost giants did not continue to do evil, and the whole world returned to life again.

This kind of allusion is also the interpretation of the Nordic people for the cold winter. In the Nordic festivals, May 5st is the day to celebrate the return of Odin.It is conceivable that although Odin finally returned, he also drove away the frost giants.

But who will be responsible for the disaster that was caused by the freezing of the giants?
Odin was not responsible for this, he just returned that day with a heroic spirit, and then completely defeated those frost giants. It seemed like an unprecedented victory, but those who died under the ice There are more than ten million creatures?
However, they died so innocently because of Odin's impulsiveness.He didn't even go after his two brothers who briefly stole his god.

It was precisely because of the means of his two brothers that the destruction of life in seven months was caused, but Odin did not add their responsibilities, so to some extent, Odin did not have much love their people.

At that moment, he is no longer a sacred and noble thing, he is selfish and greedy, and even loses fairness and justice.

However, Odin's bravery was mentioned in the records in later myths and history books, and he mentioned that he did not hesitate to pay everything to build the Hall of Valor, so that those dead warriors could return and those people could be protected.

He didn't even tell anyone about the twilight of the gods, because Odin had already made a decision to die, and he was even swallowed to death by the giant wolf in order to be able to kill Fenrir.

He was still fighting bravely at the moment before his death, this is the record of this god king in the history books.

But it looks like a gorgeous statue, and it is made of gold.

Under the sun, he looked so dazzling and stalwart, but in fact, he was rotten inside.

As for when it decayed, it may be that Odin hanged himself upside down on a tree for nine days and nine nights in order to obtain the text of Rune in order to long for power.

No one knows what happened in those nine days and nine nights, nor does anyone know who Odin finally sacrificed himself to.

But inside the golden statue, it has already turned into rotten tentacles. Once the statue is broken, the tentacles inside will crawl out of the crack like snakes and insects.At that moment, people will know that the so-called Odin is just a ridiculous joke.

The other party has never been a god king, maybe he is an extremely evil ghost crawling out of hell, what he wants is rule, what he wants is endless power, not willing to die for the so-called people.

Perhaps he might have been an extremely selfish and disgusting thing from beginning to end, and the so-called golden idol was only used as a disguise, and the inside of the real theory was absolutely rotten.

Maybe his wife Frigga saw through his true colors back then, and that's why he smashed the golden statue into pieces.That seemed to be an unimaginable irony, or it could be said that Odin also saw through that irony.

Perhaps Odin is such a proud god-king, how could he allow others to see through him?Even if this person is his beloved wife, so he can only leave in anger.

During these seven months, he wandered aimlessly on the ground, not caring about the life and death of the people in the kingdom of the gods, and during the seven months, everything became lifeless.

By the time Odin returned, the place had already been in ruins, but people still cheered for his arrival and respected him as the king of gods, so this is self-contradictory. Odin, the king of gods, is full of contradiction.

He recorded his sacred and glorious side in the mythical epics, but also recorded the absurd and selfish side of this god-king in those minority poems. "

After Manstein finished speaking, Schneider also fell silent.

Because he felt that the other party's analysis was completely logical, rather than just talking nonsense. Obviously, the other party had also done in-depth research on the mythical story about Odin, the god-king, and even had repeated research.

These fairy tales seem to be just legends, but in fact they all contain real events from the ancient times. Through these events, it is enough to see through the heart of a god.

Schneider witnessed through those myths and epics a great Odin, the king of the gods in Asgard, whose throne is located in the magical place of the sacred Klitaskov.

It is said that Odin's appearance is about 50 years old, but his figure is extremely tall. Even though he lost one eye, he can't hide his handsomeness. He is a serious and wise person. Cloaked.

The edge of the cloak is inlaid with shining stars, and the hat he is wearing is as blue as the clear sky, reflecting the brilliance of the setting sun, and even the only one eye is shining brightly, and the inside is eternal. The mystery of life and death exudes.

In Odin's hand, he holds the holy gun Kungunir made from the branch of the world tree, and when the holy gun is actually thrown out, it will draw a meteor-like trace across the entire starry sky.

When people on the ground see the trajectory of this long spear, they are called meteors. Once thrown, this holy gun will definitely hit the target, because it is extremely sacred. Once it is pointed at this Kungunir Swear, then you can never go back on your word.

On Odin's finger is also wearing the symbol of wealth, it is a ring inlaid with mysterious patterns, which can be duplicated every nine days, so Odin's palace is also called "Golden Palace", where there is forever All have unimaginable treasures.

And those treasures will accumulate more and more until they fill the entire palace, and the mount under Odin's command is also called Sleipnir. He is as white as snow and has eight legs. He is an extremely steed Pegasus.

The Nordic people believe that Odin can gallop through the storm on horseback to collect the souls of the dead. Therefore, when a traveler encounters misfortune in a storm, it will be said that he was summoned by Odin.

But if a traveler walks piously in the storm, he can even get a reward from Odin, which is gold as long as a horse's leg.

There are two crows on Odin's shoulders, one represents thinking, and the other represents memory.These two crows fly around the Nine Worlds every day and report everything they see and hear to Odin, so Odin can know everything in the Nine Worlds.

At the same time, there will always be two giant wolves lying beside Odin, one representing greed and the other representing gluttony.Every time Odin throws the meat sacrificed to him by people to these two giant wolves to eat, and these two giant wolves are extremely loyal to Odin and will always guard Odin's safety.

It can be said that almost in Norse mythology, Odin is perfect. Even if Odin lost one eye, the whole story is full of wisdom and tragedy.

Among them, it is mentioned that above the three main roots of the World Tree, one of them extends to the kingdom of giants, and under this root, a mysterious spring that contains all wisdom flows out.

(End of this chapter)