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>"Franz Gnaedinger" <frgn@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1167550071.681273.180370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>Franz wrote:
> I found an amazing echo of my method of the seven lances
> in a Teutonic myth, and so I make an exception and post
> a message on Sunday, New Year's Eve.
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> Google for odin seven in the Web sector, klick on the page
> _Teutonic Myth and Legend: Chapter IX, The Gods Reconciled_
> (www.sacred-texts.com ...) and scroll down to the end. Quote:
...and for a more indepth explaination, read what Rydberg has to say:
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/rydberg/094.php
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>Franz wrote:
>The seven long swords which
> only the sons of Mimer can wield may well reflect the seven
> lances of the above method of measuring out a burial mound.
Wow...you're building a strong case. Bear in mind the Seven Sleepers are
giants. Their weapons cannot be lifted by the average sized man. The
burial mounds are also older than the lances used during the Middle Ages.
Alexander the Great developed the pike which is 6 meters long. However, the
burial mounds are even older than Alexander's day. We must be looking for
the length of spears made from the wood of the Yew tree. This would give us
an indication as to whether or not any of the *real* burial mounds could
have been measured out using *real* spears. I did find out that in Germany
archeologists have found a spear made of Yew dating back 250,000 years ago
that had gored an elephant. However, the site didn't mention the length of
the spear. <sigh>
As for the number 7, it looks like it ought to be of significance to
Germanic heathens. The Seven Sleepers will be fighting alongside Odin at
the time of the Ragnarok. They will be fighting *against* Surt's
destructive forces. There appears to be strength in the number 7. And it's
on the side of "good." ;-)
Heidi
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