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... > Religion and Magic > non-Christian religions (including institutions, customs and antiquities) > Germanic and Scandinavian religions > conceptions and ideas visualized ~ Germanic and Scandinavian religions > representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes etc. (Germanic and Scandinavian religions) > representations ~ gods, demi-gods, heroes etc. (with NAME) (Germanic and Scandinavian religions) > Odin, god of occult wisdom > most important deeds of Odin > Odin brings poetry to the gods (usually in the form of an eagle): he steals the sacred mead of poetry, brewed from the blood of the murdered god Kvasir, from a giant

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12L13(ODIN)31Odin brings poetry to the gods (usually in the form of an eagle): he steals the sacred mead of poetry, brewed from the blood of the murdered god Kvasir, from a giant  

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Subject

  • blood
  • demi-god
  • eagle
  • Edda
  • Germanic religion
  • giant
  • gods
  • hero
  • Kvasir
  • mead
  • non-Christian religion
  • Odin
  • poetry
  • religion
  • sacred
  • saga
  • Scandinavian religion
  • stealing
  • supernatural
  • wisdom

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  • 12L13(ODIN)31

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http://iconclass.org/12L13%28ODIN%2931

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