Re:Mars Needs Leap Days Too
by btilly on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:14PM
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You have to know your mythology well to understand that.
Tyr was the Norse god of war, so equivalent to Mars.
Wotan was an old name for Odin, who started as the messenger of the gods, like Mercury. (The connection was clearer when Tacitus was comparing German and Roman mythologies than in current Norse myths.)
Thor was the god of thunder, like Jupiter.
Frey and Freya were god and goddess of fertility, so parallel Venus.
Tyr was the Norse god of war, so equivalent to Mars.
Wotan was an old name for Odin, who started as the messenger of the gods, like Mercury. (The connection was clearer when Tacitus was comparing German and Roman mythologies than in current Norse myths.)
Thor was the god of thunder, like Jupiter.
Frey and Freya were god and goddess of fertility, so parallel Venus.