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DF Spoilers / Re: Vadderung
« on: July 29, 2020, 12:20:13 PM »
I believe that Odin is Odin. Remember that he also holds the Mantle of Santa Claus.
"Wodan's role during the Yuletide period has been theorized as having influenced concepts of St. Nicholas in a variety of facets, including his long white beard and his gray horse for nightly rides (compare Odin's horse Sleipnir) or his reindeer in North American tradition.[27] Folklorist Margaret Baker maintains that "the appearance of Santa Claus or Father Christmas, whose day is the 25th of December, owes much to Odin, the old blue-hooded, cloaked, white-bearded Giftbringer of the north, who rode the midwinter sky on his eight-footed steed Sleipnir, visiting his people with gifts. Odin, transformed into Father Christmas, then Santa Claus, prospered with St Nicholas and the Christchild, became a leading player on the Christmas stage.""
I dont think Thor could hold that mantle because it's something that is intrinsically Odin.
As for Odin looking somewhat sinister, remember that he was across the hall from Ferrovax. In Odin's minds, i'm sure he was eyeballing that Wyrm like he wanted to cut him up and roast him on a spit.
"Wodan's role during the Yuletide period has been theorized as having influenced concepts of St. Nicholas in a variety of facets, including his long white beard and his gray horse for nightly rides (compare Odin's horse Sleipnir) or his reindeer in North American tradition.[27] Folklorist Margaret Baker maintains that "the appearance of Santa Claus or Father Christmas, whose day is the 25th of December, owes much to Odin, the old blue-hooded, cloaked, white-bearded Giftbringer of the north, who rode the midwinter sky on his eight-footed steed Sleipnir, visiting his people with gifts. Odin, transformed into Father Christmas, then Santa Claus, prospered with St Nicholas and the Christchild, became a leading player on the Christmas stage.""
I dont think Thor could hold that mantle because it's something that is intrinsically Odin.
As for Odin looking somewhat sinister, remember that he was across the hall from Ferrovax. In Odin's minds, i'm sure he was eyeballing that Wyrm like he wanted to cut him up and roast him on a spit.
