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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

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

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.

As Odin’s Day approaches, an offering of Weißbier for the Allfather.
#pagan #paganism #germanicpagan #norsepagan #odin #woden #Wodan #altar #sacredspace #writer #writing #heathen

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.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #wotan #germanicpagan #altar #writer #writing #spirituality

Wine offering for the Allfather this evening as Odin’s Day approaches.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #odin #woden #wotan #germanicpagan #altar #writer #writing #spirituality

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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Hail Allfather;
Hail Wisdom-seeker;
Hail Restless Wanderer.

#paganism #pagan #norsepagan #odin #heathen #woden #writer #writing #neopagan #eclecticpagan #wisdom #norsegods #poet #spirituality

Hail Allfather;
Hail Wisdom-seeker;
Hail Restless Wanderer.

#paganism #pagan #norsepagan #odin #heathen #woden #writer #writing #neopagan #eclecticpagan #wisdom #norsegods #poet #spirituality

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

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

Just has one of our e-bikes stolen from outside Chemist Warehouse, Phillip.

Details in image below.

If you see it I would appreciate a shout out.

Thanks.

#cbr #canberra #woden #stolen #ebike #phillip

Hail Odin on this Odin‘s Day!

O Allfather, stride out to meet us,
And embolden our steps,
To match them to your own,
And sure-footedly attain the favour
Of the High One of the feast,
That we may dine
At the table of wisdom.

#paganism #pagan #odin #OdinsDay #woden #wotan #oldgods #allfather #writing #spirituality #poetry #heathen #norsegods

There are many parts to my being as both a human as well as a writer & artist. So, here is something I'm sharing... I am a #NorsePagan and have been on the #Pagan path since '96. I do primarily do #runereading as my #divination practice but also use a #pendulumboard and #Tarot as well. I am dedicated to #woden and #themorrigan in my personal practice as well as #meditation and #chakrahealing I am coming out of the #BroomCloset as I have been working on something special I'll be sharing later!!

There are many parts to my being as both a human as well as a writer & artist. So, here is something I'm sharing... I am a #NorsePagan and have been on the #Pagan path since '96. I do primarily do #runereading as my #divination practice but also use a #pendulumboard and #Tarot as well. I am dedicated to #woden and #themorrigan in my personal practice as well as #meditation and #chakrahealing I am coming out of the #BroomCloset as I have been working on something special I'll be sharing later!!

Just had a "ramen oh" from Ramen O in Woden Canberra. Easily the best ramen I've had (but I've only had it once before and that was nothing to write home about).
#canberra #food #woden

What do David Bowie and the Woden Bus Interchange have in common?

A coffee shop, of course. :ablobcall:

#Canberra #coffeelover #bus #woden

If social media existed in the #EarlyMedieval period, part 2

æthlestan_69: hey heard about this new god they’re talking about, Lok (Loki)

ðustic: tell me about! More of the #LGBTQ agenda. I hear he just “Changes his gender”.

æthlestan_69: we have to save the children! We have to bring back #Woden into schools

ðustic: Amen brother! We need to teach them right from wrong, that it’s okay to cheat on your wife and that killing your family is okay.

Woden looks down upon you.
#canberra #woden

The #AngloSaxon relationship with time was far more interesting and magical than just a name or a date. To us, today is #Tuesday (Tíwesdæg [ ᛏᛁᚹᛖᛋᛞᚫᚷ ]), named after the God Tíw and that had power. However, we are going to talk about the night between Tuesday and Wednesday; it was known as Wōdnesniht [ ᚹᚩᛞᚾᛖᛋᚾᛁᚻᛏ ] or Wōden's Night.

Each word spoken has magic, the days were dedicated to each #God and using those names invoke the magic of each ós [ ᚩᛋ ] deity. So as the sun goes down on Tuesday, the time of Wōden starts, the darkness invoking deep magics of the Father God himself.

They say, that when a #FullMoon (mónaþfyllen [ ᛗᚩᚾᚪᚦᚠᚣᛚᛚᛖᚾ ]) falls on the Wōdnesniht you can experience wódendreám [ ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᛞᚱᛖᚪᛗ ] or Wōden dream. A way to see forward to the eftwyrd [ ᛖᚠᛏᚹᚣᚱᛞ ] - the end of this world and the renewal into the next world cycle.

#historians #History #Folklore #Magic #Pagan #FairytaleTuesday #Woden #Tiw #Runes #Storytelling #Histodons

@histodons @pagan @folklore

The #AngloSaxon relationship with time was far more interesting and magical than just a name or a date. To us, today is #Tuesday (Tíwesdæg [ ᛏᛁᚹᛖᛋᛞᚫᚷ ]), named after the God Tíw and that had power. However, we are going to talk about the night between Tuesday and Wednesday; it was known as Wōdnesniht [ ᚹᚩᛞᚾᛖᛋᚾᛁᚻᛏ ] or Wōden's Night.

Each word spoken has magic, the days were dedicated to each #God and using those names invoke the magic of each ós [ ᚩᛋ ] deity. So as the sun goes down on Tuesday, the time of Wōden starts, the darkness invoking deep magics of the Father God himself.

They say, that when a #FullMoon (mónaþfyllen [ ᛗᚩᚾᚪᚦᚠᚣᛚᛚᛖᚾ ]) falls on the Wōdnesniht you can experience wódendreám [ ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᛞᚱᛖᚪᛗ ] or Wōden dream. A way to see forward to the eftwyrd [ ᛖᚠᛏᚹᚣᚱᛞ ] - the end of this world and the renewal into the next world cycle.

#historians #History #Folklore #Magic #Pagan #FairytaleTuesday #Woden #Tiw #Runes #Storytelling #Histodons

@histodons @pagan @folklore

The #AngloSaxon relationship with time was far more interesting and magical than just a name or a date. To us, today is #Tuesday (Tíwesdæg [ ᛏᛁᚹᛖᛋᛞᚫᚷ ]), named after the God Tíw and that had power. However, we are going to talk about the night between Tuesday and Wednesday; it was known as Wōdnesniht [ ᚹᚩᛞᚾᛖᛋᚾᛁᚻᛏ ] or Wōden's Night.

Each word spoken has magic, the days were dedicated to each #God and using those names invoke the magic of each ós [ ᚩᛋ ] deity. So as the sun goes down on Tuesday, the time of Wōden starts, the darkness invoking deep magics of the Father God himself.

They say, that when a #FullMoon (mónaþfyllen [ ᛗᚩᚾᚪᚦᚠᚣᛚᛚᛖᚾ ]) falls on the Wōdnesniht you can experience wódendreám [ ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᛞᚱᛖᚪᛗ ] or Wōden dream. A way to see forward to the eftwyrd [ ᛖᚠᛏᚹᚣᚱᛞ ] - the end of this world and the renewal into the next world cycle.

#historians #History #Folklore #Magic #Pagan #FairytaleTuesday #Woden #Tiw #Runes #Storytelling #Histodons

@histodons @pagan @folklore

The #AngloSaxon relationship with time was far more interesting and magical than just a name or a date. To us, today is #Tuesday (Tíwesdæg [ ᛏᛁᚹᛖᛋᛞᚫᚷ ]), named after the God Tíw and that had power. However, we are going to talk about the night between Tuesday and Wednesday; it was known as Wōdnesniht [ ᚹᚩᛞᚾᛖᛋᚾᛁᚻᛏ ] or Wōden's Night.

Each word spoken has magic, the days were dedicated to each #God and using those names invoke the magic of each ós [ ᚩᛋ ] deity. So as the sun goes down on Tuesday, the time of Wōden starts, the darkness invoking deep magics of the Father God himself.

They say, that when a #FullMoon (mónaþfyllen [ ᛗᚩᚾᚪᚦᚠᚣᛚᛚᛖᚾ ]) falls on the Wōdnesniht you can experience wódendreám [ ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᛞᚱᛖᚪᛗ ] or Wōden dream. A way to see forward to the eftwyrd [ ᛖᚠᛏᚹᚣᚱᛞ ] - the end of this world and the renewal into the next world cycle.

#historians #History #Folklore #Magic #Pagan #FairytaleTuesday #Woden #Tiw #Runes #Storytelling #Histodons

@histodons @pagan @folklore

The #AngloSaxon relationship with time was far more interesting and magical than just a name or a date. To us, today is #Tuesday (Tíwesdæg [ ᛏᛁᚹᛖᛋᛞᚫᚷ ]), named after the God Tíw and that had power. However, we are going to talk about the night between Tuesday and Wednesday; it was known as Wōdnesniht [ ᚹᚩᛞᚾᛖᛋᚾᛁᚻᛏ ] or Wōden's Night.

Each word spoken has magic, the days were dedicated to each #God and using those names invoke the magic of each ós [ ᚩᛋ ] deity. So as the sun goes down on Tuesday, the time of Wōden starts, the darkness invoking deep magics of the Father God himself.

They say, that when a #FullMoon (mónaþfyllen [ ᛗᚩᚾᚪᚦᚠᚣᛚᛚᛖᚾ ]) falls on the Wōdnesniht you can experience wódendreám [ ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᛞᚱᛖᚪᛗ ] or Wōden dream. A way to see forward to the eftwyrd [ ᛖᚠᛏᚹᚣᚱᛞ ] - the end of this world and the renewal into the next world cycle.

#historians #History #Folklore #Magic #Pagan #FairytaleTuesday #Woden #Tiw #Runes #Storytelling #Histodons

@histodons @pagan @folklore

Happy #Wednesday, or #Odin's Day, Odin being the god formerly known as #Woden, a chief Norse deitiy. He won the week's 4th day because #Mercury of Rome had claimed it; then #Tacitus in the 1st c said the Teutons worshiped Mercury.

In Romance lgs Mercury refused to relinquish dominance: miércoles in #Spanish & mercredi in #French, whereas the #German​s de-deified the day: Mittwoch ("Middleweek"). The #Russian​s agree: среда ("middle"). That is, #humpday.

#etymology #linguistics @linguistics

#Friday gets it’s name from the #AngloSaxon #Goddess Frīg (Pronounced Free-ya, with a rolling r). She was the Devine queen, the Devine Feminine, Wife of Ƿōden (#Woden pronounced Whooden).

Island #folklore says that #Brading (below) was the site of worship for Frīg, and after the defeat of #Arwald, the last #Pagan king, the land was reconsecrated for Mary, and made the the mother church of the #IsleOfWight

On nights like this, Frīg still be walks the #wyrd

#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeek2022