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Volume 2
Wotan
by Benjamin R Long
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Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................3
Wotan and the Eddas............................................................................15
Runic Studies.......................................................................................88
Feoh.................................................................................................88
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Introduction
He answered:
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waves,
Thou shalt safe the harbor seek.
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Brynhild spake:
20. "Now shalt thou choose, | for the choice is
given,
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Thou tree of the biting blade;
Speech or silence, | 'tis thine to say,
Our evil is destined all."
Sigurth spake:
21. "I shall not flee, | though my fate be
near,
I was born not a coward to be;
F
Wealth is something that is desired by all
men. It is attainable, you just have to work
hard at it and have the orlog for gaining
wealth. It is not something that one gets in
the random draw like a lottery. It is
something that is sought and pursued. Freya is
the deity behind Feoh and rightfully so, she is
the deity that reflects the need for gaining
wealth. Without Freya's love for wealth there
would be no material pursuit in our world for
it. Her desire to get wealth is on of the
altruistic facts that we can see. It echoes
from the valleys and the rivers, the story of
what she did to gain wealth. She exchanged
herself to four dwarfs for a chance to obtain
the Bringinsgamen necklace. A treasure of
renowned value this treasure was valued very
highly by Freya. Wealth is the connotation
with this rune of desire. People desire to
have things that they cannot normally have.
When they gain this wealth they feel a level of
satisfaction. It is something to strive for.
The attainment of the goal is one of the
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