Yes but Tolkien used the name of a proto Norse god

gandalf was born before Odin

Conservative Spanish woman I hope🙏

Still an allegory for Jesus

names can be whatever they want em to be doesn't take away from the effect at all

If you look at how Gandalf the Grey is dressed he looks much like Odin. Except Odin’s robes are a color called Blod or death blue

Because he is after all the god who gifts death

Or maybe he is dressed like that because that is almost always how wizards are portrayed in almost all forms of media

Possible, but Tolkien used many things from Norse,Germanic and Slavic culture

Wearing them is a sign of social status, since it displays that you don't have to work the field for a living. This. Same reason wealthy Romans wore togas. One of the early explanations given in role playing games at least were that such a garment allows freedom of movement, so when they make their arcane gestures.

It is no doubt a Christian book series, but we know where he drew his inspirations from

Now an interesting bit of history

What do you know of the goddess Hel?

One of Loki’s children

Well during funerals the dead would not be ready to go to the main afterlife Hel named after her until they turned a deep dark blue called Helblod. Then the body was burned or buried. Hel is just a stop or can be an eternal place. From what I’ve researched over the years there are multiple destinations for the dead to go on based on what kind of person they were in life

Egyptians belive in after life trial I belive

Hel is not like the Christian Hell its discribed in ancient text as a warm green place. A loving place think of Hel as a mother protecting her children. All the dead go to the Well of Urd to be judged by the gods. Even warriors who were slain in battle go to Hel before Valhall

1 The Weighing Of The Heart. Photo credit: Real Spirituality For Real Life.
2 Cannibalizing The Gods. ...
3 The Sealed Thing. ...
4 Crossing Through The 12 Gates. ...
5 Threatening The Gods To Get Into Heaven. ...
6 Servants Would Be Killed With The Pharaoh. ...
7 Traveling To Space In A Pyramid. ...
8 The Dead Still Needed To Eat. ...
9 The Dead Had To Make It Through Before Their Bodies Decayed. 10 Fighting Through The 12 Lands Of Hell

Many cultures shared similarities

An interesting one is the link between the greek world and the norse

With the ideas of the Titans and Jotuns the proto race of giants

Or elder gods

Yah I always liked their stories of elder gods... I have a real soft spot for gods that suffer human aflictions and can be cruel of kind to humans

They also share sisters of fate or the Nornr

Both cultures are so similar its so fascinating to me

Things like weavers of the fates

Yes

I once had a dream where I had an affair with Skuld (future)

Its ironic

Because I obsess over the future

tmi tmi

Skuld is usually depicted as an old woman, but she looked young and fair in this dream

💦💦

I told my fiancé of this dream because we are both dream weavers and she got incredibly jealous and she didnt know why

Ok that's enough for me

We are an odd couple to be honest

Like she can predict what I’m going to say and say it before I do. And she often reads my mind. Its well..strange.

She also has dreams of things that haven’t happened that happen later

Like for example awhile ago she had a dream of my sister in a green bathing robe saying her back hurts and we go to my parents house and whos in a green bathing robe saying her back hurts? My sister..

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