I am starting a new sort of post this month. My longer, essay-style posts take time for research, contemplation and composition, so I am only able to do a few each year. To balance out these long, analytic pieces, I have begun to write very short creative pieces I call "Polytheist Parables." Some parables will be readable and understandable by anyone, others will requires some knowledge of Northern European lore, so a bit of research may be needed to unlock their full meaning. All of them will have a riddle-like quality that may require contemplation, re-reading, and the consideration of multiple meanings. I hope you enjoy these parables; if not, at least they are very short.
Drinking with Odin
By then I had a bit too much, and I turned to Odin and asked rather artlessly, "So are you real, or what?"
His single eye glittered flintily, and he did not smile.
So I just dropped it and we spoke of other things.
