Sacrifice in different religious text
In Scandinavia there used to be an old religion called Asatro. (Asa -belief). Very few are still believers. That religion contains of many gods, but I just realised an interesting similarity with Bible text (At least if I remember the story about the Asa gods correct) In the old myth the Allfather Oden sacrifies himself. He takes out his eye and and puts it in the well of wisdom, so that he may be allowed to drink from it. But the eye remains there, in the underground seeing evrything. If I remember correctly a psychoanalyst have used the myth about Oden, and the eye in the underground as a symbol for finding knowledge about oneself. (Might have been Rollo May).
Oden then hangs for nine days, I think, on a branch of the worldtree. Hanging people in trees was the traditional sacrifice to Oden. This sacrifice is by himself - to himself. He is after all the Allfather, and there is noone more powerfull to sacrifice to. I think this is somewhat alike the Bible text where Christ sacrifices himself on the cross. Since god, Christ and the Holy ghost are all one, he is also sacrificing by himself, to himself. (Hope I´m making sense) . The interesting difference, I guess, is why they do it. Oden does it for knowledge, to gain something for himself. Christ does it to take mankinds sins away so that we can all be forgiven.
I´ve asked Sindhu if there´s stories like this in hinduism.
I don´t know if my questions have a real point yet. But I think that there is a lesson in this. Don´t know what yet, though. So I´m posting these thoughts here, and hope that it might give somebody else thoughts that can help mine along...
