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<blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 8882837" data-attributes="member: 2303"><p>While good, these books are now 70 years old and more. Our understanding has changed. My personal opinion (not a professional opinion) is that de difference between polytheism and animism is often exaggerated. Even Greek and Roman polytheism had animistic elements, and both India and Japan feature a mix of polytheism and animism even today.</p><p></p><p>As a swede reading this thread, it is funny to note that about 3/4 of the terms are comprehensible as old-fashioned Swedish - once you remove the runic signs that represent sounds that have fallen out of use here. Swedish is a lazy language that doesn't appreciate tounge gymnastics. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The thorn rune, so prevalent in modern English as the "th" in words like "the", is to us simply a T or D sound. Oden and Tor is how we spell and pronounce the names today - but then our "o" sound is unlike that in English so it doesn't really clarify anything.</p><p></p><p>And "dräng" is a somewhat dated but still comprehensible word for a male rural worker, lacking land and employed on a yearly basis. Oh how the mighty "drengr" have fallen. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> But the word can still be used in a heroic sense, for examples for members of a male choir.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starfox, post: 8882837, member: 2303"] While good, these books are now 70 years old and more. Our understanding has changed. My personal opinion (not a professional opinion) is that de difference between polytheism and animism is often exaggerated. Even Greek and Roman polytheism had animistic elements, and both India and Japan feature a mix of polytheism and animism even today. As a swede reading this thread, it is funny to note that about 3/4 of the terms are comprehensible as old-fashioned Swedish - once you remove the runic signs that represent sounds that have fallen out of use here. Swedish is a lazy language that doesn't appreciate tounge gymnastics. :) The thorn rune, so prevalent in modern English as the "th" in words like "the", is to us simply a T or D sound. Oden and Tor is how we spell and pronounce the names today - but then our "o" sound is unlike that in English so it doesn't really clarify anything. And "dräng" is a somewhat dated but still comprehensible word for a male rural worker, lacking land and employed on a yearly basis. Oh how the mighty "drengr" have fallen. ;) But the word can still be used in a heroic sense, for examples for members of a male choir. [/QUOTE]
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