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Chapter 4. The Sky Connection 108 in the morning either by the baring of the head or bowing. 28 There is also the possibility that the sun and the moon, brother and sister, were originally formed out of the eyes of Ymir after His death at the hands of Óðíinn, Vili, and Vé. This argument is supported by the idea that the eyes are the “lights of the head” and this kenning continues to be used in modern English in the phrase, “knock one’s daylights out!” Whatever place the sun may have held in the minds of the ancient folk, it must have been relatively important to command bowing with bared head by the peasantry. Perhaps, as with the Saamí, She was held in a constant state of reverence as the “Bringer of Warmth.” Lastly, the sky seems to have been the window through which the ancient Germans and Scandinavians could view the effects of the otherworld upon Midgard. The sky held the Road of the Dead which ran over the apex of the World Tree and it was the screen against which played omens from both the Gods of the air, the Æsir, and the Ancestors. It was a physical, visual and constant reminder that the Otherworld was a reality, and was the link between this world and the next. Omens (ON heill = “portent or omen”) came in the form of birds’ flight patterns, shooting stars or comets, aurora borealis, or visions and were regarded as one of the best forms of prognostication, pieces of which can be gleaned from the sagaic literature and the heroic poetry. In spite of the fact that omens were definitely important to the ancients, their interpretation seems to have been by consensus of the community or, perhaps, individual. Perusal of the entire body of northern European folklore reveals that what was considered a “good omen” for one locality was interpreted as an “evil portent” for another although there did seem to be general consensus that “red lights” in the sky or “a comet” were held to portend evil times ahead. Because of this inconsistency, any attempt to “recreate” a system of divination based on sky omens would be meaningless. That the sky held a special place in the pre-Christian Germanic worldview is obvious, but how consistent that role was may never be discovered. In the view of the World Tree complex, it represented the apex of the Tree and was home to the Road of the Dead which terminated at the gate to the underworld. Movements of lights in the sky-world marked the passage of time and presented to the inhabitants of northern Europe indications for the correct timing of schedules pertaining to work and leisure, and individual or community activities, but unlike the cultures of the more southerly countries no indigenous form or system of astrology has been discovered. The sky itself was a visual link between the Land of the Living and the otherworld lying above Midgard like a large sheet against which played visual messages, omens and portents for those who knew how to see them and interpret 28 See Grimm pp. 700-706.
Chapter 4. The Sky Connection 109 them. Beyond the sky’s being a link to the otherworld very little can be said regarding any system of skylore which would cross cultural or spatial boundaries. The sky, as can be seen from Midgard, was part of the world of man. It could be sensed physically with the eyes, and it was a boundary that could not be crossed by the living. The surface of Midgard formed the floor of the Land of the Living and the sky formed its ceiling, these things could be touched and sensed physically by everyone. Beyond the sky and below the Land of the Living are the mysterious abodes for the disembodied.
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