Friday, September 05 2008: The Other Story of Votan, Part 2, by S.K.
The more astute reader will have noted that Part 1 of the Other Story of Votan was basically The Story of Votan. Part 2 will correct this error definitively...for reals.
So Votan walked the earth, marked by Zod for misery and strife. He walked from village to village having abortions and saying Zod was kind of a prick. Because of this, the villagers would say mean things to him including but not necessarily limited to "Votan Wotan little poopy Potan" (there is textual support only for the one refrain noted here, but I have it on good authority that the $revilers used other taunts, as well, including "Votan Votan bo Botan, banana-fana Fo Fotan, me my Motan, Votan...sucks!" and "It is our considered opinion that you carry about you in the neighborhood of your person an odor that is reminiscent of shit.").
After many years of abuse, Votan figured out that if he kept his thoughts to himself, the villagers were much more likely to attribute to him their own opinions and thereby like him and say kind things to him including but not necessarily limited to "Votan Wotan little industrious Potan". Eventually, Votan settled down in a peaceful village, met a woman and got married. He started a new leafsmith shop and had exactly the same number of children as before. He lived happily ever after in his newly restored state because Zod said so.
The End?
So Votan walked the earth, marked by Zod for misery and strife. He walked from village to village having abortions and saying Zod was kind of a prick. Because of this, the villagers would say mean things to him including but not necessarily limited to "Votan Wotan little poopy Potan" (there is textual support only for the one refrain noted here, but I have it on good authority that the $revilers used other taunts, as well, including "Votan Votan bo Botan, banana-fana Fo Fotan, me my Motan, Votan...sucks!" and "It is our considered opinion that you carry about you in the neighborhood of your person an odor that is reminiscent of shit.").
After many years of abuse, Votan figured out that if he kept his thoughts to himself, the villagers were much more likely to attribute to him their own opinions and thereby like him and say kind things to him including but not necessarily limited to "Votan Wotan little industrious Potan". Eventually, Votan settled down in a peaceful village, met a woman and got married. He started a new leafsmith shop and had exactly the same number of children as before. He lived happily ever after in his newly restored state because Zod said so.
The End?
