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The quote in Spanish about a Norse god is from a story by Jorge Luis Borges, here's an English translation: https://biblioklept.org/2019/04/02/the-disk-a-very-s

The quote in Spanish about a Norse god is from a story by Jorge Luis Borges, here's an English translation: https://biblioklept.org/2019/04/02/the-disk-a-very-short-story-by-jorge-luis-borges/ https://biblioklept.org/2019/04/02/the-disk-a-very-short-sto...

_emacsomancer_ 2y ago
And in Spanish here: https://www.poeticous.com/borges/el-disco?locale=es https://www.poeticous.com/borges/el-disco?locale=es (Not having much Spanish, I at first thought "Odin's disco(teque)" and then "no, that doesn't make sense about sides", but then, surely primed by English "disco", thought "it must mean Odin's record/lp/album".)
- wiml 2y ago
  Odin's records have no B-sides, because everything Odin writes is fire!
  - tialaramex 2y ago
    Back when things really had A and B sides, it was moderately common for big artists to release a "Double A" in which both titles were heavily promoted, e.g. Nirvana's "All Apologies" and "Rape Me" are a double A, the Beatles "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" likewise.
kruuuder 2y ago
If you have read the story and, like me, are still wondering which part of the story is the quote at the top of the post: "It's Odin's Disc. It has only one side. Nothing else on Earth has only one side."
- tines 2y ago
  A mobius strip does!
  - bibanez 2y ago
    A mobius strip made out of paper has 2 sides, the usual one and the edge.
    - WJW 2y ago
      How about things like Klein bottles that have no edges? (Although I guess that unlike a Mobius strip it's not possible to make a real one here on Earth so the quote from OP still holds)
    - tines 1y ago
      You can make it out of some other material that you can smooth, i.e. so that it doesn’t have edges.
      - tines 1y ago
        Come to think of it, doesn't a sphere have only one side?
Validark 2y ago
The story is indeed very short, but hits hard. Odin reveals himself and his mystical disc that he states makes him king as long as he holds it. The Christian hermit (by circumstance) who had previously received him told him he didn't worship Him, that he worshiped Christ instead, and then murdered him for the disc in the hopes he could sell it for a bunch of money. He dumped Odin's body in the river and never found the disc. The man hated Odin to this day for not just handing over the disc to him. I wonder if there's some message in here. As a modern American reader, if I believed the story was contemporary, I'd think it's making a point about Christianity substituting honor for destructive greed. That a descendant of the wolves of Odin would worship a Hebrew instead and kill him for a bit of money is quite sad, but I don't think it an inaccurate characterization. There's also the element of resentment towards Odin for not just handing over monetary blessings. That's sad to me as well. Part of me hopes that one day Odin isn't held in such contempt.

_emacsomancer_ 2y ago

And in Spanish here: https://www.poeticous.com/borges/el-disco?locale=es https://www.poeticous.com/borges/el-disco?locale=es (Not having much Spanish, I at first thought "Odin's disco(teque)" and then "no, that doesn't make sense about sides", but then, surely primed by English "disco", thought "it must mean Odin's record/lp/album".)

wiml 2y ago
Odin's records have no B-sides, because everything Odin writes is fire!
- tialaramex 2y ago
  Back when things really had A and B sides, it was moderately common for big artists to release a "Double A" in which both titles were heavily promoted, e.g. Nirvana's "All Apologies" and "Rape Me" are a double A, the Beatles "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" likewise.

kruuuder 2y ago

If you have read the story and, like me, are still wondering which part of the story is the quote at the top of the post: "It's Odin's Disc. It has only one side. Nothing else on Earth has only one side."

tines 2y ago
A mobius strip does!
- bibanez 2y ago
  A mobius strip made out of paper has 2 sides, the usual one and the edge.
  - WJW 2y ago
    How about things like Klein bottles that have no edges? (Although I guess that unlike a Mobius strip it's not possible to make a real one here on Earth so the quote from OP still holds)
  - tines 1y ago
    You can make it out of some other material that you can smooth, i.e. so that it doesn’t have edges.
    - tines 1y ago
      Come to think of it, doesn't a sphere have only one side?

Validark 2y ago

The story is indeed very short, but hits hard. Odin reveals himself and his mystical disc that he states makes him king as long as he holds it. The Christian hermit (by circumstance) who had previously received him told him he didn't worship Him, that he worshiped Christ instead, and then murdered him for the disc in the hopes he could sell it for a bunch of money. He dumped Odin's body in the river and never found the disc. The man hated Odin to this day for not just handing over the disc to him. I wonder if there's some message in here. As a modern American reader, if I believed the story was contemporary, I'd think it's making a point about Christianity substituting honor for destructive greed. That a descendant of the wolves of Odin would worship a Hebrew instead and kill him for a bit of money is quite sad, but I don't think it an inaccurate characterization. There's also the element of resentment towards Odin for not just handing over monetary blessings. That's sad to me as well. Part of me hopes that one day Odin isn't held in such contempt.