" Santa " in Sanskrit means " saintly." There is much similarity between
the
Northern European languages and Sanskrit. Olaf tells us that even in the
inner world, the language spoken was something similar to Sanskrit, at
least
as far as he could tell. Santa Claus could have been some sort of mystic
who
used to come and offer mercy and charity to the inhabitants of Northern
Europe. This is an idea I've heard before and it makes sense.
There is more in it (from my Dutch friend):
Round the 5th of December the Batavians (now Holland) had a festival dedicated
to Wodan (Odin) and his son Thor, who would ride through the sky on Wodan's
eight legged, white horse Sleipnir, announcing the change of year. Later their
names changed into Kunne Klaas and Tijl, and during the Christian era into
Sinterklaas (from Sint Nicolaas). (One of the strategies used by the
Christians for the conversion of heathens in Europe.)
His white horse was still there, but now with four legs, and his son had
disappeared. Now he was supposed to simply have come from Spain for chastising
the naughty children and rewarding the brave ones with gifts from his never
ending sack of presents, stuffing them through the chimneys while riding his
horse on the rooftops. Of course he also had a huge book in which everything
was noted down about the kids and a bunch of black, dwarfy helpers (supposed
to be Moors from Spain).
Later Sinterklaas and his entourage were banished to the North Pole, to become
the fatty Santa Claus and his dwarfs of modern times.
ยทยทยท
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Wodan-Odin is analogous to Vedic Varuna, and Thor to Indra.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Jan2
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