LL-L 'Celebrations' 2006.08.22 (02) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 22 August 2006 * Volume 02
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From: 'Global Moose Translations' [globalmoose at t-online.de]
Subject: LL-L 'Lexicon' 2006.08.21 (04) [D/E]

Arthur wrote:
>Also, and staying on the topic of trees, today is, by many calendars, the
>anniversary of the pre-Christian Germanic "Nine Nights" that Odin (or
Wodans, or
>Wotan) hung on a gallows from Yggdrasil, wounded by spears and bleeding
>profusely, until at last he learned the secret of Runes.
>It can be found in the Havamal.

>What should one celebrate on this occasion? Wisdom? Alphabets? Trees? Could
>Gabriele help us out with this one?

Hmm, I don't know, sounds painful... not like something that calls for a
celebration, really. Unless you want to celebrate band-aids?

You have me confused, by the way. How can one day be the anniversary of
"Nine Nights"? Would this be the first, or the last of them?

Gabriele Kahn

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