Американские боги

Chapter 3

           HesangofOdin,theAll-Father,whowassacrificedtohimselfasbravelyandasnoblyasothersweresacrificedtohim.HesangoftheninedaysthattheAll-Fatherhungfromtheworld-tree,hissidepiercedanddrippingfromthespear-point’swound,andhesangthemallthethingstheAll-Fatherhadlearnedinhisagony:ninenames,andninerunes,andtwice-ninecharms.WhenhetoldthemofthespearpiercingOdin’sside,thebardshriekedinpainastheAll-Fatherhimselfhadcalledoutinhisagony,andallthemenshivered,imagininghispain.

           Theyfoundthescraelingthefollowingday,whichwastheall-father’sownday.Hewasasmallman,hislonghairblackasacrow’swing,hisskinthecolorofrichredclay.Hespokeinwordsnoneofthemcouldunderstand,noteventheirbard,whohadbeenonashipthathadsailedthroughthepillarsofHerculesandwhocouldspeakthetrader’spidginmenspokeallacrosstheMediterranean.Thestrangerwasdressedinfeathersandinfurs,andthereweresmallbonesbraidedintohislonghair.

           Theyledhimintotheirencampment,andtheygavehimroastedmeattoeat,andstrongdrinktoquenchhisthirst.Theylaughedriotouslyatthemanashestumbledandsang,atthewayhisheadrolledandlolled,andthisonlessthanadrinking-hornofmead.Theygavehimmoredrink,andsoonenoughhelaybeneaththetablewithhisheadcurledunderhisarm.

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