Woden's Folk

In the Vedas the COW is symbolic of SWAR, the Highest State of Consciousness, that of Truth, Light and Right; this is the 'Solar-Consciousness'. So the 'Cow' here is symbolic of this higher state of consciousness, open only to the 'Seers' (Those who See). The symbolism of the Golden Objects here is also of this higher state of consciousness; the end of the tale has Jack's father being the rightful owner of the Gold Hoard, which was stolen by the Ogre. The key here is the Runic Gealdor - FE-FI-FO-FUM which invokes the power of the Feoh-Rune - the meaning of which is 'Cattle' (The Cow), and later 'Gold' (The Solar Knowledge); Here we have yet another parallel between the Germanic Lore and Vedic Lore of the Arya. This form the basis of so many myths based upon the stealing of the Light, Gold, or Cattle by the Joten, which have to be retrieved by either the Sun-Hero or one of the Gods. The 'beanstalk' winds anti-sunwise in the Northern Hemisphere, and is symbolic here of a journey between two worlds, or two states of consciousness. When the Ogre says he will 'grins his bones to make my bread' this is in fact suggestive of the World Mill and the Precession of the Equinoxes.

There is one fundamental difference between the Old Testament 'god' and the New Testament 'god', and I would like to consider this here. If there are Christians who read this, please do not think I am 'taking the mick' when I tell the story in such a way. I have done it thus because it is rather silly to take the symbolism in a literal sense when it is obviously symbolism. - In Genesis we find that 'God' (El Shaddai) is taking his morning stroll through the Garden of Eden, when he comes across Adam and Eve, each wearing a Fig-Leaf. Infuriated he knows that they have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, and thus now know Good and Evil (i.e. they are now self-conscious). In order that the do not 'eat of the Tree of Life' and thus become 'as gods' (yes, 'gods', this is the wording) he throws them out of the Garden of Eden. The 'Tree of Life' here symbolises Immortality, El Shaddai (Jehovah) stops them from attaining immortality to become 'as gods'. If we 'fast-forward' to the New Testament we find a curious statement from Krist - 'To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life'. Here the Solar-Krist promises those who overcome their human limitations a chance to become Immortal, like the Gods. In reality a chance to REGAIN their immortality, lost when Man fell from his Divine Nature into the material world, now firmly locked in the material world. ('El Shaddai' is the name twice used in Genesis of Jehovah; this is the Shaddain of the Sajaha Prophecies from Babylon.

AEPANDI NAM - The words uttered by Woden as he 'fell' to recover the Holy Runes after his ordeal of being sacrificed 'Myself to Myself' on the World Tree, pierced by a Spear, with neither food nor mead to sustain him. The term AEpa refers to the Waters of the Underworld, as in the term Abzu (Sumer) and Apsu (Akkad-Babylon); the IE Root *ap- means 'water'. The Sanskrit apah means 'waters'. AEPA - 'to cry out', AEP - 'a Shout of Need', AP (Old Norse) - 'a Cry of Need', ANDA/ANDI - 'breath', or 'secret'. To back this up we have the New Testament idea of the 'Bottomless Pit' which is named Abaddon (Hebrew) or Apollyon (Greek). The 'Lower World' is called NID (NITH), and nithi means 'subterranean world'. Basically, Woden recovers the Ancient Runes from the 'Blood Memory' in the Nether-World of Mimir ('Memory'). This is where Woden's Eye is found, when he sacrificed an Eye for a draft from the Well of Mimir.

"So he not refused World-Ruler/Then him Hun-Bequest Battle-Flame/Sword best, on bosom lay'Thus be with Eoten, edge-known." - Beowulf. I have kept the quote from Beowulf to a minimum, but these are the main parts of a very important piece for the English Folk. The term 'worold-raedenne' is usually translated as 'Way of the World' (like German weltanshauung), but it can mean 'World-Ruler' which fits the theme much better. Hengest takes up his role given by Wyrd as the 'World-Ruler' - KING OF KINGS or LORD OF LORDS. To do so he is passed the Sword of AEtla the Hun (Attila), which is here the 'Hun-Bequest' (Hunlafing) - 'Battle-Flame' (Hilde-leoman); he takes on the Wyrd of AEtla as the 'World-Ravager', leading the Engel-Kin to these islands to counter the rising Religion of Evil (Judaeo-Christianity). Of course, this would not be obvious to those who took part, but it would have been done at more of a subconscious level - guided by the Gods. Hengest is the 'Geist of Ing' or 'Spirit of Ing'. Now, in this piece (not shown) are two words - Eoten and Eotenum - the former usually translated as 'Giants' and the latter 'Jutes', which is rather odd. It seems that both of these refer to the Eoten or Joten, who would have been well aware of the power of the Hun-Sword, since AEtla nearly brought down the Roman Empire, but stopped at the gates of Rome. If we study the figure of AEtla he knew himself as the 'World-Ruler' because he claimed to be the figure in Revelation who was to 'rule with a rod of iron', and the 'Scourge of God', i.e. the Old Testament 'god'. AEtla slew his brother Blaeda which tells us that he is part of the Archetypal Myth of the Divine Horse Twins.