. Clavis calendaria; or, A compendious analysis of the calendar, illustrated with ecclesiastical, historical, and classical anecdotes. ns reputed and honoured their* god Mars. He was, while sometime he lived* amongst them, a most valiant and victorious^^ prince and captaine, and his idoll was often after his death honoured, prayed, and sacrificed unto, that by his ayd and furtherance they might attain victory over their enemies: which when* they had obtained, they sacrificed unto him such prisoners as in battel they had taken. The name Woden signifies fires, or furious ; and in like sense we y
. Clavis calendaria; or, A compendious analysis of the calendar, illustrated with ecclesiastical, historical, and classical anecdotes. ns reputed and honoured their* god Mars. He was, while sometime he lived* amongst them, a most valiant and victorious^^ prince and captaine, and his idoll was often after his death honoured, prayed, and sacrificed unto, that by his ayd and furtherance they might attain victory over their enemies: which when* they had obtained, they sacrificed unto him such prisoners as in battel they had taken. The name Woden signifies fires, or furious ; and in like sense we yet retain it, saying, when one is in a great rage that he is ff^ood, or taketh on as if he were Wood. And after this idoll we doe yet call that day of the vveeke Wednesday, in steid of Wednesday, upon which he was chiefly honoured. Venerable Bede nameth one* Woden to have beene the great grandfather of* HiNGisTUS, that first came with the Saxons into Brittaine, but this seemeth to have beene^ another prince of the same name ; and not he whose idoll is here spoken of, who in much^ likelyhood was long before the great grand- /£_-. Xii£>©,^. , ___,..,.,..„,,,,„.„. 115 father of Hingistus. While it may be added,that the skates on his feet denoted swiftness,which v/as a quahty highly requisite in a war-rior. It appears by the mythology of the Northernnations, that Odin, PFodin, or Wodan, was aScythian prince; and he is stated to have beenthe leader of a band, who made their escape from,the Romans under Pompey, and to have con-quered DenmarJi, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, andall the Northern powders. The numerous accountsof his prowess in war, and wisdom as a ruler, aretruly marvellous: — he is reputed to have pos-sessed every power of ivitchcraft, propheci/,and transformation ; and in the shape of a Lion,or other beast of prey, to have destroyed wholele2:ions. Dr. Henry, speaking of this Pagan deity, says, Odin is believed to have been the name of the one true god among
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