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7 years ago
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are named after 3 different interpretations of the old Norse god Dur those being Tyr, Thor and Saturn. Dur whose name literally translates as thud is the oldest god we know people worshipped with their image and depictions of famous myths about her appearing within cave paintings. Dur is depicted as goat that takes the form of storm clouds and brings terrible weather whenever mankind destroys too much of the natural habitat and is described as the protector of animals and loyal servant of the gods of nature.
Dur is the origin of Santa's reindeer as in the original story Santa was called Dwende and was a gnome who rides Dur as he leaps from roof to roof with Dur here described as Donner and Blitzen or Thunder and Lightning in English. Because of the and in the name people thought that there were 2 animals and thus the concept of a sleigh pulled by animals evolved. The 8 names of the animals are actually the traditional names of his 2 animals in 4 different countries Dasher and Dancer are American, Prancer and Vixen are English, Comet and Cupid are Greek and Donner and Blitzen are German. The goats were changed to reindeer when goats began to lose their popularity in northern Europe and reindeer replaced them as livestock.
People with the name Heidi are named after goats. Though the word heidr meaning bright forms part of their name Heidi is actually short for Heidrun. Heidrun is a Norse god in the form of a goat who produces fermented honey in place of milk and is the origin of the goose that lays the golden eggs in the Jack and the Beanstalk story. Goat herders in Norse territories were named after Heidrun and thus the name Heidi is a derivative of their word for goat herder.
Krampus is a sinister goat version of Santa from Scandinavia who steals children however that's not how they were originally depicted. Originally they took children away from abusive and negligent parents and took them to paradise. The Romans heard this story and interpreted Krampus as evil for preventing them from abusing their children. Yeah the Romans weren't the nicest people in history.
Dur is the origin of Santa's reindeer as in the original story Santa was called Dwende and was a gnome who rides Dur as he leaps from roof to roof with Dur here described as Donner and Blitzen or Thunder and Lightning in English. Because of the and in the name people thought that there were 2 animals and thus the concept of a sleigh pulled by animals evolved. The 8 names of the animals are actually the traditional names of his 2 animals in 4 different countries Dasher and Dancer are American, Prancer and Vixen are English, Comet and Cupid are Greek and Donner and Blitzen are German. The goats were changed to reindeer when goats began to lose their popularity in northern Europe and reindeer replaced them as livestock.
People with the name Heidi are named after goats. Though the word heidr meaning bright forms part of their name Heidi is actually short for Heidrun. Heidrun is a Norse god in the form of a goat who produces fermented honey in place of milk and is the origin of the goose that lays the golden eggs in the Jack and the Beanstalk story. Goat herders in Norse territories were named after Heidrun and thus the name Heidi is a derivative of their word for goat herder.
Krampus is a sinister goat version of Santa from Scandinavia who steals children however that's not how they were originally depicted. Originally they took children away from abusive and negligent parents and took them to paradise. The Romans heard this story and interpreted Krampus as evil for preventing them from abusing their children. Yeah the Romans weren't the nicest people in history.
