I was actually just about to sleep when this video was recommended to me.
I am very inspired by Odin and I am really drawn to him. I always thought of him as a noble and honorable grandfather-warrior, yet this video basically states the opposite.
He is apparently a paranoid liar that tricks and hurts innocents and also gets mocked by the other gods for being a bitch. I am aware that he can shapeshift, but is it true that he is basically a big laughingstock piece of shit?
Already looked this up on here, but everyone is just praising him etc.
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Sounds a bit harsh, but the gods were all very human. I recommend you read the sagas yourself, they all have thier ups and downs, thier moods and personality quirks.
The one that stands out as being a really great guy is Baldur. And Loki spends a lot of time showing them all up. It’s pretty fun stuff 
It’s ok for people just focus on the glass half full. Odin is nevertheless powerful and a good teacher. No need to discard someone jyst because you want to get all judgy about thier story from 2000 years ago 
Oh and, not forgetting the story was written by an enemy of the Norse, Snorti Sturlson was a Christian and changed a lot of stuff to suit his personal mores too.
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Yeah that’s what made me fall in love with the norse gods in the first place.
They were all so human and the fact that Odin almost dies or gets hurt multiple times in the mythos was astounding to me. That’s why he is such an inspiration to me. Usually the main God is this indestructible badass, shredded old dude that destroys everything that opposes him, but here we have Odin, who worked his butt off to get to the spot he is in now and he could’ve very easily died on the way up, but he didn’t.
At least that’s how I see it.
But I’ll definitely check them out myself.
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The poetic edda by Jackson Crawford is a faithful translation as far as I know His yt channel is pretty great too.
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I recommend this video.
Odin is more of a dark transgressive God of knowledge. Not unlike Lucifer perhaps in a sense.
It’s good you’re seeing beyond the more sanitized ideal of Odin.
Hail Grimnir!
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You might also find this article quite interesting as well:
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Odin is complicated. He’s not the gentle old wizard type like Merlin is often shown on tv. He is willing to do things that go against social convention, and even morality such as deception or cross dressing. Plus, he’s not afraid of delving into realms, lore, or ideas that scare others. Everything he does is to some degree about self-interest or self-preservation. If you want a god that exemplifies tradition, honor, and morality, I suggest looking to Tyr.
Look at the time period(s) and geographical environment his followers came from. Everything around them was harsh. As far as I see it, Odin represents a very harsh mindset of survival of the fittest and trusting no one. Tyr represents the mindset of group survival and caring for others. That’s my interpretation at least.
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Interesting interpretation. It’s also stated that Odin tricked Tyr. Does Tyr mock Odin? Do they get along at all?
Odin basically ends up tricking a large score of individuals in the mythology.
I would say they do, considering the bit with his arm.
