2021年9月17日 · If anything it appears to be running on water. Yet this passage is the sole basis for the notion that Odin's horse flew. So Odin didn't have a flying horse -- it's high time to do away with that fiction -- and the idea of Santa/Sinterklaas flying didn't appear until the 19th century. No, there's no link between Odin and Santa.

2012年11月29日 · The earliest depictions read more like a description of Odin than modern Santa Claus. And yes Sinterklaas influence Ded Moroz also. And yes Sinterklaas influence Ded Moroz also. Even the wikipedia article on Odin draws the connections between Santa's 8 reindeer and Sleipnir and the practice of filling boots with food for Sleipnir that may have ...

2020年12月21日 · Odin inspired the invention of Father Christmas, the pre-Santa holiday figure used by the English to personify the holidays. The Father Christmas traditions revolved more around feasting and drinking than gift giving.

2022年12月24日 · The reply was basically: Santa Claus is coming from St Nicholas which is based on the Saint of Anatolia but the legends about Santa claus don't match Odin. Instead of focusing the Dutch, east,North France, Belgium stories which create that misleading theory.

2019年11月12日 · So, just like Santa, Odin is old, has a huge beard and a hat. I think I heard somewhere that there was a myth where he delivered gifts to people. His crows fly too. Supposedly, he lives in North Pole, which is "near" Scandinavia. Probably the people knew about that land and thought Odin (and later Santa) lived there.

The image of Santa Claus evolved throughout the late 19th and early 20th century where Coca Cola popularize the image of Santa that we know of today. There's some people who believe that Santa is related to Odin or Wodan, but honestly those are kinda flimsy because it all hinges on things like Odin's beard, or The Wild Hunt which is ehhh.

Odin actually has very little to do with any extant Christmas legend, as Yule was celebrated later in winter pre-Christianization and there’s not much real source material telling us how Yule was celebrated, much less Odin’s role in it even though “Jolnir” (Yule Figure) is one of his more obscure by-names, Santa Claus is an American ...

2023年12月19日 · In addition, while the modern Santa is not a matter of adult belief, many traditions about Santa (Odin, the Japanese Santa on the Cross, etc.) have become parts of modern adult folklore – far beyond a simple fict. Santa represents an extremely large, complex, evolving aspect of modern, international folklore.

2021年12月5日 · Santa Claus may owe his earliest influence to Odin (also known as Wodan), a god revered by Germanic peoples in Northern Europe as early as 2 B.C.E. Odin was celebrated during Yule, a pagan holiday that took place midwinter. During this time, Odin was said to lead the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession through the sky.

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