The wheel of time 关于Mat和Odin之间的相同之处
-According to prophecy, Mat will give up "half the light of the world to save the world", and in Egwene al'Vere's dreams has been seen to place his eye on a balance scale. Odin was half-blind, giving up his eye for knowledge. -Mat's medallion protects him from the One Power, useful in dealing with the Aes Sedai. Odin was the god of magic in a society that considered magic a female pursuit, much like the world of the Wheel although for different reasons.-Odin gained knowledge through speaking with the dead; Mat has dead men's memories.
the one eye reference, Ravens, Odin had two ravens called thought and memory, memory is Mat's thing isnt it. Odin hung from a tree, as did Mat. Bet there are more. He is also a trickster like Loki, maybe he embodies all the Norse myths and Rand all the Arthurian? Lots of Arthur references for Rand, especially three women at his death, was it in a row boat? Sword in stone of course! Mat is Jordan's Odin - the primary god of war of Norse mythology, instigator of battles, and bringer of victory. Odin's two ravens, Huginn and Muninn, or Thought and Memory, are clearly named on his ashandarei. The ashandarei is analogous to Gungnir, Odin's spear: strong, slender, dwarven-forged, never missing its mark. Odin's ring, Draupnir, does not clearly match Mat's, though it represented Odin's supremacy over the Nine Worlds. Unless, of course, the Nine Moons represent something similar ...
Odin who, seeking wisdom, died on the World Tree Yggdrasil and lived again, who sacrificed an eye to Mimir's well, surely inspires Mat's fate:
"To die and live again, and live once more a part of what was!"
"To give up half the light of the world to save the world!" ...
"Go to Rhuidean, son of battles!" <TSR: 15, 253, Into the Doorway>
And so Rand finds Mat hung low from the branches of Avendesora, the Tree of Life, breathless, pulseless, even as Odin hung from the World Tree and lived again <TSR: 26, 437, The Dedicated>. That Mat, like Odin, should sacrifice an eye - "To give up half the light of the world to save the world" seems inescapable, given Egwene's dream of Mat: "... blood streaming down his face, the wide brim of his hat pulled low so she could not see his wound ..." <TFoH: 15, 301, What Can Be Learned in Dreams>
Mat echoes Odin down to the broad-brimmed hat the latter often wore. Though Mat changes his shirts and coats routinely, his hat is constant: black, wide-brimmed and flat-crowned; it otherwise goes undescribed <TSR: 36, 588, Misdirections; ACoS: 15, 286, Insects; numerous other references>.
Finally, Odin is destined to lead the glorious dead into Ragnarok, the Last Battle, in a final, annihilating fight against chaos. A myth that probably led to his association with the Wild Hunt - led by a multitude of heroes in other nations, but by Odin in parts of Scandinavia. Mat calls forth the Heroes of the Horn, initially at Falme, and undoubtedly will do the same for Jordan's Last Battle, as well. E文不是很好，能看明白点，但不连贯，呼唤达人给译下 3# tw3732 也就是勉强能明白点，也希望那个热心人能帮我翻译一下哈！
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