Friday, November 13, 2009

Who was the sage with one eye in mythology?

Who was the sage with one eye in mythology?

Who was the sage with one eye in mythology?
I think Odin might actually be who you are looking for. In Norse mythology he is the god of wisdom - and a sage is a wise one - sooo that's gotta mean something.





As the story goes, he traded one of his eyes for a drink from the Well of Wisdom so he could gain great knowledge.
Reply:Odin's Day


Language Name of Day Meaning


English Wednesday Wodan's day


Old Norse Oðensdagr Odin's day


Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish Onsdag Odin's day


Dutch Woensdag Wodan's day


Modern Icelandic Miðvikdagur Mid-week day


Modern German Mittwoch Mid-week


Latin Mercurii dies Mercury's day


Italian Mercoledì Mercury's day


French Mecredi Mercury's day











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Writings Attributed to Odin


Hávamál: The Words of Odin the High One. From the Elder or Poetic Edda.





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Survivals of Odin in Christian Northern Europe


Wild Huntsman Legends.





The Stone of Odin (Orkney Islands).





The Temple of the Moon, The Temple of the Sun, and Wodden's Stone (Orkney Islands).





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Depictions of Odin


Motifs associated with Odin include an eight-legged horse, a spear, a missing eye, and two ravens.


The illustration on the right is a detail from a standing stone found on the Island of Gotland, Sweden. It depicts Odin astride his eight-legged horse Sleipnir. Click here to see the entire picture stone.


This small copper alloy figure is possibly a representation of Odin, who gave one eye in exchange for wisdom. The statue belongs to the Statens Historiska Museet, Navavagen, Sweden.
Reply:Cyclops


In Greek mythology, any of several one-eyed giants. In the Odyssey, the Cyclopes were cannibals who lived in a faraway land (traditionally Sicily). Odysseus was captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus, but he escaped being devoured by blinding the giant. According to Hesiod, there were three Cyclopes (Arges, Brontes, and Steropes) who forged thunderbolts for Zeus. In a later tradition, they were assistants to Hephaestus in this task. Apollo destroyed them after one of their thunderbolts killed Asclepius.
Reply:In Indian Mythology, it is Sukracharya.

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