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¿Alguna vez se han preguntado por qué el tercer día de la semana se llama "miércoles" en español, pero "Wednesday" en inglés?
La respuesta es un cruce fascinante entre la mitología romana y la nórdica. El español, como lengua romance, sigue el latín dies Mercurii (Día de Mercurio), el dios romano del comercio y los mensajes.
En cambio, el inglés Wednesday proviene del anglosajón Wōdnesdæg, que significa el "Día de Woden" (día de Odín), el dios principal del panteón nórdico, asociado con la sabiduría, la guerra y la magia.
Ambos dioses, Mercurio y Odín, fueron equiparados por los antiguos debido a roles similares como deidades viajeras y mensajeras, llegando a ser inmortalizados aún en el calendario actual.
#Historia #Etimologia #MitologiaNordica #Paganismo #Odin #Woden #Mercurio #Cultura #miercoles #wednesday
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Good morning. ☕☕☕
23 October 2025
The Self-Doubt of October
This morning, I spelled out the word October, and for some reason—despite having spelled it at least 23 times in the last 23 days—I thought, “That doesn’t look right.” I second-guessed myself and searched for confirmation. Once again, the mind proves to be a very strange place to live.
I’ve never had trouble with October before, but February has been a lifelong adversary. That first “r” always trips me up. Though, to be fair, I spelled it correctly just now, so perhaps “forever” is too strong a word. Often or usually might be more accurate.
Another word that historically gives me trouble is Wednesday. And yes, I needed spellcheck to get it right this time. I mean—what’s up with that first “d”? Where did it come from?
Curious, I looked it up. Wednesday comes from the Anglo-Saxon Wōdnesdæg, named after the god Wōden—Woden’s Day. So apparently, back in the long-ago olden days, the “d” was actually pronounced. I’d never heard of Woden before, but his name is akin to Odin, the Norse god.
I wondered: Is Woden the same as Odin? As you might expect, I looked it up. And yes—Woden and Odin are essentially the same mythic figure, expressed through different cultural lenses.
Hmm... I meant to write about something else entirely. Something about the drama of humans, which feels so small when you consider we’re just tiny creatures floating on a speck of dust in the vastness of the cosmos. But then came the self-doubt of October.
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” — Al Neuharth
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be crazy by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #spelling #doubt #woden #odin #October #Wednesday #February
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Good morning. ☕☕☕
23 October 2025
The Self-Doubt of October
This morning, I spelled out the word October, and for some reason—despite having spelled it at least 23 times in the last 23 days—I thought, “That doesn’t look right.” I second-guessed myself and searched for confirmation. Once again, the mind proves to be a very strange place to live.
I’ve never had trouble with October before, but February has been a lifelong adversary. That first “r” always trips me up. Though, to be fair, I spelled it correctly just now, so perhaps “forever” is too strong a word. Often or usually might be more accurate.
Another word that historically gives me trouble is Wednesday. And yes, I needed spellcheck to get it right this time. I mean—what’s up with that first “d”? Where did it come from?
Curious, I looked it up. Wednesday comes from the Anglo-Saxon Wōdnesdæg, named after the god Wōden—Woden’s Day. So apparently, back in the long-ago olden days, the “d” was actually pronounced. I’d never heard of Woden before, but his name is akin to Odin, the Norse god.
I wondered: Is Woden the same as Odin? As you might expect, I looked it up. And yes—Woden and Odin are essentially the same mythic figure, expressed through different cultural lenses.
Hmm... I meant to write about something else entirely. Something about the drama of humans, which feels so small when you consider we’re just tiny creatures floating on a speck of dust in the vastness of the cosmos. But then came the self-doubt of October.
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” — Al Neuharth
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be crazy by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #spelling #doubt #woden #odin #October #Wednesday #February
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Good morning. ☕☕☕
23 October 2025
The Self-Doubt of October
This morning, I spelled out the word October, and for some reason—despite having spelled it at least 23 times in the last 23 days—I thought, “That doesn’t look right.” I second-guessed myself and searched for confirmation. Once again, the mind proves to be a very strange place to live.
I’ve never had trouble with October before, but February has been a lifelong adversary. That first “r” always trips me up. Though, to be fair, I spelled it correctly just now, so perhaps “forever” is too strong a word. Often or usually might be more accurate.
Another word that historically gives me trouble is Wednesday. And yes, I needed spellcheck to get it right this time. I mean—what’s up with that first “d”? Where did it come from?
Curious, I looked it up. Wednesday comes from the Anglo-Saxon Wōdnesdæg, named after the god Wōden—Woden’s Day. So apparently, back in the long-ago olden days, the “d” was actually pronounced. I’d never heard of Woden before, but his name is akin to Odin, the Norse god.
I wondered: Is Woden the same as Odin? As you might expect, I looked it up. And yes—Woden and Odin are essentially the same mythic figure, expressed through different cultural lenses.
Hmm... I meant to write about something else entirely. Something about the drama of humans, which feels so small when you consider we’re just tiny creatures floating on a speck of dust in the vastness of the cosmos. But then came the self-doubt of October.
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” — Al Neuharth
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be crazy by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #spelling #doubt #woden #odin #October #Wednesday #February
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Good morning. ☕☕☕
23 October 2025
The Self-Doubt of October
This morning, I spelled out the word October, and for some reason—despite having spelled it at least 23 times in the last 23 days—I thought, “That doesn’t look right.” I second-guessed myself and searched for confirmation. Once again, the mind proves to be a very strange place to live.
I’ve never had trouble with October before, but February has been a lifelong adversary. That first “r” always trips me up. Though, to be fair, I spelled it correctly just now, so perhaps “forever” is too strong a word. Often or usually might be more accurate.
Another word that historically gives me trouble is Wednesday. And yes, I needed spellcheck to get it right this time. I mean—what’s up with that first “d”? Where did it come from?
Curious, I looked it up. Wednesday comes from the Anglo-Saxon Wōdnesdæg, named after the god Wōden—Woden’s Day. So apparently, back in the long-ago olden days, the “d” was actually pronounced. I’d never heard of Woden before, but his name is akin to Odin, the Norse god.
I wondered: Is Woden the same as Odin? As you might expect, I looked it up. And yes—Woden and Odin are essentially the same mythic figure, expressed through different cultural lenses.
Hmm... I meant to write about something else entirely. Something about the drama of humans, which feels so small when you consider we’re just tiny creatures floating on a speck of dust in the vastness of the cosmos. But then came the self-doubt of October.
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” — Al Neuharth
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be crazy by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #spelling #doubt #woden #odin #October #Wednesday #February
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Good morning. ☕☕☕
23 October 2025
The Self-Doubt of October
This morning, I spelled out the word October, and for some reason—despite having spelled it at least 23 times in the last 23 days—I thought, “That doesn’t look right.” I second-guessed myself and searched for confirmation. Once again, the mind proves to be a very strange place to live.
I’ve never had trouble with October before, but February has been a lifelong adversary. That first “r” always trips me up. Though, to be fair, I spelled it correctly just now, so perhaps “forever” is too strong a word. Often or usually might be more accurate.
Another word that historically gives me trouble is Wednesday. And yes, I needed spellcheck to get it right this time. I mean—what’s up with that first “d”? Where did it come from?
Curious, I looked it up. Wednesday comes from the Anglo-Saxon Wōdnesdæg, named after the god Wōden—Woden’s Day. So apparently, back in the long-ago olden days, the “d” was actually pronounced. I’d never heard of Woden before, but his name is akin to Odin, the Norse god.
I wondered: Is Woden the same as Odin? As you might expect, I looked it up. And yes—Woden and Odin are essentially the same mythic figure, expressed through different cultural lenses.
Hmm... I meant to write about something else entirely. Something about the drama of humans, which feels so small when you consider we’re just tiny creatures floating on a speck of dust in the vastness of the cosmos. But then came the self-doubt of October.
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” — Suzy Kassem
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.” — Al Neuharth
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be crazy by those who could not hear the music.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #morning #spelling #doubt #woden #odin #October #Wednesday #February
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America's Proud Pour Hundred and Europe's Haughty Nobility and the Ancestors They Are Always Boasting Of (1893) by Frederick Burr Opper, from Puck, v. 34, no. 865.
Source: Library of Congress
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f7cf3c1b-f227-4ea5-851e-bb203af6f321
#woden #satire #caricatures #societies #genealogy #odin #vikings #scandina #art #publicdomain
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America's Proud Pour Hundred and Europe's Haughty Nobility and the Ancestors They Are Always Boasting Of (1893) by Frederick Burr Opper, from Puck, v. 34, no. 865.
Source: Library of Congress
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f7cf3c1b-f227-4ea5-851e-bb203af6f321
#woden #satire #caricatures #societies #genealogy #odin #vikings #scandina #art #publicdomain
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America's Proud Pour Hundred and Europe's Haughty Nobility and the Ancestors They Are Always Boasting Of (1893) by Frederick Burr Opper, from Puck, v. 34, no. 865.
Source: Library of Congress
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f7cf3c1b-f227-4ea5-851e-bb203af6f321
#woden #satire #caricatures #societies #genealogy #odin #vikings #scandina #art #publicdomain
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America's Proud Pour Hundred and Europe's Haughty Nobility and the Ancestors They Are Always Boasting Of (1893) by Frederick Burr Opper, from Puck, v. 34, no. 865.
Source: Library of Congress
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f7cf3c1b-f227-4ea5-851e-bb203af6f321
#woden #satire #caricatures #societies #genealogy #odin #vikings #scandina #art #publicdomain
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I do hope they finish the new transport hub in #Woden soon - it's getting so the only way to get to the other side of Bowes St. is to be born there.
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I do hope they finish the new transport hub in #Woden soon - it's getting so the only way to get to the other side of Bowes St. is to be born there.
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I do hope they finish the new transport hub in #Woden soon - it's getting so the only way to get to the other side of Bowes St. is to be born there.
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I do hope they finish the new transport hub in #Woden soon - it's getting so the only way to get to the other side of Bowes St. is to be born there.
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As Odin’s Day approaches, an offering of Weißbier for the Allfather.
#pagan #paganism #germanicpagan #norsepagan #odin #woden #Wodan #altar #sacredspace #writer #writing #heathen -
Wine offering for the Allfather this evening as Odin’s Day approaches.
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Hail the Allfather this Odin’s Day!
From the branches,
See your place,
From within the verdant boughs
Your fate,
From within the reaching tree,
The roots you share,
And the script without words
Into which they bury
Their thirsty seeking.
#paganism #norsepagan #writer #writing #poetry #heathen #druid #odin #woden #wotan -
Hail Odin on Odin's Day!
Yggdrasil sighs,
A wind of secrets
Stirring its mighty reach;
What mysteries are yours,
O Tree,
That you might share, might teach?
None heard the lesson,
None the lore,
None knew the sight,
Till Odin strove,
Blind therein to peer
Nine days,nine nights.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #woden #wotan #writer #writing #poetry #yggdrasil #runes #allfather -
A simple Irminsul made this afternoon in honour of the ancestors and the Gods they honoured. This evening I offered this ancient t image of Yggdrasil to the Gods on my sacred space.
#pagan #paganism #germanicpagan #norsepagan #odin #woden #woodworking #crafting #altar #writer #writing #druid #heathen #irminsul -
Hail Odin on Odin's Day!
White as snow,
The ravens are let loose
And bade by Odin
Plumb the darkness;
Thus they fly,
Long, far
Into midnight thoughts
And shaded will,
Till again to Odin come
They settle black as void;
For Thought and Will are naught
Save the darkest of both is known.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #wotan #allfather #heathen #druid #writer #writing #poetry #spirituality #thought #memory #wednesday -
Hail Odin on Odin's Day!
White as snow,
The ravens are let loose
And bade by Odin
Plumb the darkness;
Thus they fly,
Long, far
Into midnight thoughts
And shaded will,
Till again to Odin come
They settle black as void;
For Thought and Will are naught
Save the darkest of both is known.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #wotan #allfather #heathen #druid #writer #writing #poetry #spirituality #thought #memory #wednesday -
Hail Odin on Odin's Day!
White as snow,
The ravens are let loose
And bade by Odin
Plumb the darkness;
Thus they fly,
Long, far
Into midnight thoughts
And shaded will,
Till again to Odin come
They settle black as void;
For Thought and Will are naught
Save the darkest of both is known.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #wotan #allfather #heathen #druid #writer #writing #poetry #spirituality #thought #memory #wednesday -
Hail Odin on Odin's Day!
White as snow,
The ravens are let loose
And bade by Odin
Plumb the darkness;
Thus they fly,
Long, far
Into midnight thoughts
And shaded will,
Till again to Odin come
They settle black as void;
For Thought and Will are naught
Save the darkest of both is known.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #wotan #allfather #heathen #druid #writer #writing #poetry #spirituality #thought #memory #wednesday -
Wine for the Allfather as Odin's Day approaches.
#paganism #pagan #heathen #norsepagan #druid #odin #woden #wotan #writer #writing #allfather #altar #sacredspace #wodentag #wodensday -
Wine for the Allfather as Odin's Day approaches.
#paganism #pagan #heathen #norsepagan #druid #odin #woden #wotan #writer #writing #allfather #altar #sacredspace #wodentag #wodensday -
Hail Allfather on Odin's Day!
From Odin's side
See Huginn fly,
From the company of Hovi
See Muninn take his leave;
Wide and far on midnight wings,
Thought seeks out thought
And Memory dips low
When will espied is stirred
And shoulder to the storm
Strives for the feasting hall.
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Hail Odin on this Odin's Day!
The Restless Wanderer seeks not peace,
But rather the deep wells of wisdom
From which he may sip;
The Sagely Seeker knows no hunger
Besides that gnawing lust
To gaze on mysteries laid bare
And feast thereon.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #writer #writing #poetry #heathen #wednesday #wodensday -
Hail the Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Run through with his spear on Yggdrasil, Odin shows the necessity of slaying the ego in order to realise our connectedness with the created order. To cut down the view that seeks domination and yield to one’s place within the web of being.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #druid #odin #woden #writer #writing #spirituality #spiritualjourney -
Hail the Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Run through with his spear on Yggdrasil, Odin shows the necessity of slaying the ego in order to realise our connectedness with the created order. To cut down the view that seeks domination and yield to one’s place within the web of being.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #druid #odin #woden #writer #writing #spirituality #spiritualjourney -
Hail the Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Run through with his spear on Yggdrasil, Odin shows the necessity of slaying the ego in order to realise our connectedness with the created order. To cut down the view that seeks domination and yield to one’s place within the web of being.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #druid #odin #woden #writer #writing #spirituality #spiritualjourney -
Hail the Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Run through with his spear on Yggdrasil, Odin shows the necessity of slaying the ego in order to realise our connectedness with the created order. To cut down the view that seeks domination and yield to one’s place within the web of being.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #druid #odin #woden #writer #writing #spirituality #spiritualjourney -
The Allfather honoured with an offering of wine this evening as Odin’s Day approaches.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #altar #odin #sacredspace #woden #writing #writer #heathen #druid #spirituality -
Nine days and nights, Odin hung upon Yggdrasil. A night and a day for each of the nine worlds; a sunrise and a sunset for every realm of creation. So did the Allfather see the rising and falling of existence and realised in the runes the language of wyrd inscribed in all things.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #meaning #fate #writer #writing #yggdrasil #woden #wyrd -
Hail, Allfather this Odin‘s Day!
Make you a blood eagle
Of my ignorance,
And on those wings of failing wit,
As they breathe out their last
And exhale the bones
Of knowledge that is not,
May I soar to true realisation.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #writer #writing #poetry #poem #odin #wednesday #woden #druid #wisdom #knowledge #norsegods
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Hail Allfather;
Hail Wisdom-seeker;
Hail Restless Wanderer.#paganism #pagan #norsepagan #odin #heathen #woden #writer #writing #neopagan #eclecticpagan #wisdom #norsegods #poet #spirituality
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Wine for the Allfather as Odin‘s Day approaches.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #altar #writer #writing #sacredspace #heathen -
Wine for the Allfather as Odin‘s Day approaches.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #altar #writer #writing #sacredspace #heathen -
Hail the Allfather on Odin‘s Day!
Hail, Rune-seeker,
Hail, Wise Wanderer,
The Third,
The Fire of the Skald!
Make your quest our own,
And your thirst for the gallows
Of Yggdrasil
Parch our own souls,
Till we hang thereon,
Yielded to its reach
For wisdom’s draught.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #writer #writing #poetry #poet #poem #druid #wisdom #odin #woden #allfather -
Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day.
Ceaseless Wanderer,
Inspire us to restlessly seek
The wisdom with which
The Sacred Yggdrasil buds and falls;
Blind One,
Be our guide that we may see
Beyond vision
And behold what lies before us
In plain view,
Yet which we miss
For want of sight.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #OdinsDay #poetry #poem #writer #writing #woden #wicca #druid
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Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day.
Ceaseless Wanderer,
Inspire us to restlessly seek
The wisdom with which
The Sacred Yggdrasil buds and falls;
Blind One,
Be our guide that we may see
Beyond vision
And behold what lies before us
In plain view,
Yet which we miss
For want of sight.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #OdinsDay #poetry #poem #writer #writing #woden #wicca #druid
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Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day.
Ceaseless Wanderer,
Inspire us to restlessly seek
The wisdom with which
The Sacred Yggdrasil buds and falls;
Blind One,
Be our guide that we may see
Beyond vision
And behold what lies before us
In plain view,
Yet which we miss
For want of sight.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #OdinsDay #poetry #poem #writer #writing #woden #wicca #druid
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Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Hail, Lord of the Hunt,
Storm-stirrer,
At winter’s howling head;
In the enclave dim,
By lamp- and firelight
We find repose,
As yonder rides
The Ravager,
Raking earth with bitter rage
Before the feet of Freya
Pass, and in her steps,
Arises new the green.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #celticpagan #neopagan #druid #poem #writing #writer #odin #woden #OdinsDay #wednesday #heathen #nature #winter
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Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Form of my heart
Are you,
Wisdom-seeker,
That would the roots
Of creation spy;
Hanged One, hail!
O will of mine to
Die the death
While yet alive,
And there upon Hel’s porch
Glimpse lore unspoken
Etched upon
The bones of the world.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #OdinsDay #woden #wednesday #poet #poetry #poem #writer #writing
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Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Form of my heart
Are you,
Wisdom-seeker,
That would the roots
Of creation spy;
Hanged One, hail!
O will of mine to
Die the death
While yet alive,
And there upon Hel’s porch
Glimpse lore unspoken
Etched upon
The bones of the world.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #OdinsDay #woden #wednesday #poet #poetry #poem #writer #writing
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Hail Allfather on Odin’s Day!
Form of my heart
Are you,
Wisdom-seeker,
That would the roots
Of creation spy;
Hanged One, hail!
O will of mine to
Die the death
While yet alive,
And there upon Hel’s porch
Glimpse lore unspoken
Etched upon
The bones of the world.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #heathen #odin #OdinsDay #woden #wednesday #poet #poetry #poem #writer #writing
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Hail the Allfather on this Odin’s Day!
May the Allfather inspire us to wisdom,
To cast aside our limited sight
For the blindness that sees
Without hindrance,
Grasping visions of the deepest depths
Of the Wyrd of all things.#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #norsepaganism #heathen #writer #writing #odin #woden #wednesday #poet #poetry #spirituality