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woundedheartwithin · 2 years ago

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There’s this otherwise unattested goddess in Germanic Mythology (not Norse) named Sinthgunt whose sister is the sun goddess, and I’m obsessed with her. The ONLY work she is attested in is the second Merseburg Charm where she helped to heal Balder’s horse. Historians and mythologists have no idea who she is. Linguists can’t nail down a solid etymology for her name. Literally all they know about her is that she’s Sunna’s sister, she helped to heal a horse, and that’s it.

I love her. Imagine your only mark in known history, as a goddess or otherwise, is kindness and healing. Not beauty, or atrocity, or power, but helping to heal a horse and then disappearing forever.

I hope they never learn anything else about her

#she speaks #off topic #also the charm is just super cool #i like the as if they were mended translation the best but idk where that one is outside the mention on wiki #but the mimisbrunnr translation is really good too #there are also some really interesting indoeuropean parallels #because a similar charm can be found in ancient india

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