Our inspiring trips trough Germany drove us into the wonders of the Norse mythology. It was entirely new to us – we both heard about Thor or Odin, but only after a few stories we could understand why people are so attracted to it. We owe it to Neil Gaiman’s “Norse Mythology” and his outstanding way to tell stories. He encouraged us to search for more stories and we didn’t regret it – We are converted.
From the wide number of myths we found one that is specially intense and fits our style – Odin and the knowledge of the Runes. – A short study forwarded us to the epic poem Hávamál where we could read the original description of the myth.
Óðinn had more than 200 names such as Odin, Wodan, Wednesday, etc. He was the father of gods and a prominent figure in Northern Europe folklore and we can see him associated to wisdom, death, the gallows, war, sorcery or even poetry.