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How do you feel about Wednesday? (Semi fad of religion semi pro pagan) UChicago essay



BecauseIFLI 1 / 2  
Nov 1, 2011   #1
Wednesday. It comes from the word Woden or Óđinn, a god of Germanic mythology. He was considered to be a carrier of souls from Earth to the Otherworld. A sort of muse of poetry and music, Woden was the equivalent to Euterpe. His following was large enough to remove Tiw from king of the gods to god of combat. Despite this, he disappeared with the rise of Judeo-Christianity in Europe.

Woden was not the only one; an entire pantheon of Germanic, Anglo-Saxon, and Old Norse "pagan" gods was destroyed. Little is left on Earth to attest to their former glory. Maybe some pottery shards there or damaged texts here provide archeological evidence. Sunna, Mōna, Tiw, Woden, Ţunor, Fríge. Their powerful legacies boiled down to a single day of the week.

But what is left in heaven?
The modern concept of heaven throughout Germany and Scandinavia is based on the Christian beliefs. According to the Christian texts, there is one heaven where God resides with His host of angles. There is also a Hell where the devil and his followers are banished from feeling the joy of God's love. No one can possibly prove the existence of these places true. It is not so crazy, then, to replace this vision of split kingdoms of good and evil with the mythical Asgard. Here is where Woden rules over Valhalla and assigns the dead their abodes for eternity. Instead of winged angels, valkyries serve the gods in faithful allegiance.

Maybe the old gods are still up there, waiting to be worshipped once more. They might just be looking down on a disillusioned flock while their only connections to the new world are the weekdays. This does not necessarily make them powerless. Every single Wednesday is dedicated to Woden. Every single Wednesday, Woden's name is hailed on the tops of papers, crossed off on calenders, and spoken at some point or another from the United Kingdom to Sweden. Wednesday's are a celebration of a lost god, a lost culture, a lost perspective.

The same goes for all the other days.
It's just that none of the other Germanic gods choose where a soul gets to spend the rest of its existence.
Or give divine inspiration to those trying to write college essays.

douglas8j 1 / 1  
Nov 3, 2011   #2
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE FIRST WORD OF THE PASSAGE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF WORDS...
desm2012 6 / 35  
Nov 3, 2011   #3
"Woden was the equivalent to Euterpe."

"Woden was the equivalent of Euterpe."

"His following was large enough to remove Tiw from king of the gods to god of combat."
If Tiw's official titles were king of the gods and god of combat, they should be capitalized (King of the Gods, God of Combat).

Maybe some pottery shards there or damaged texts here provide archeological evidence. Sunna, Mōna, Tiw, Woden, Ţunor, Fríge. Their powerful legacies boiled down to a single day of the week.

Maybe some pottery share here or damaged texts there provide archeological evidence. These sentences don't flow. So, maybe you could combine these sentences: "Little is left on Earth to attest to their former glory. Maybe some pottery shards there or damaged texts here provide archeological evidence." to Little is left on Earth to attest to their glory, besides some pottery shards and damaged texts here or there."

I feel like saying 'little is left on earth to attest to their glory' does not make logical sense w/ the days of the week thing since that's a pretty big deal. maybe you could work something about physical evidence around there.

"The modern concept of heaven throughout Germany and Scandinavia is based on the Christian beliefs."
The modern concept of Heaven throughout Germany and Scandinavia is based on Christian beliefs. Heaven should probably be capitalized because that's its proper name. Also, removing the 'the' before Christian beliefs makes you sound a lot more objective. Putting 'the Christian beliefs' is very polarizing.

"there is one heaven where God resides with His host of angles."
angles=angels, heaven=Heaven
There is also a Hell where the devil and his followers are banished from feeling the joy of God's love.
I would combine these two sentences to "There is one Heaven where God resides with His host of angels, and one Hell where the Devil and his [demons/sinners/idk] are banished from feeling God's love.

I don't feel like 'the joy of God's love' is most appropriate because banished already implies that not feeling God's love is a punishment.

I'd take out that stupid last line about college essays.
Anyways, this essay says nothing about yourself. I could look this up on the internet. You need to personalize it. I doubt admissions officers are looking for an informational blurb about Wednesdays. Consider this:

What do you do on Wednesdays?
What makes Wednesdays significant to you?
Why did you choose to write about this for the subject of Wednesday?
Etc., etc.
OP BecauseIFLI 1 / 2  
Nov 18, 2011   #4
Thanks. I actually ended up completely changing around the essay for the very reasons you were listing.


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