THEMAGICkMAN Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Been wondering about this for a while, what does "Odium" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 The One Who Connects Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, THEMAGICkMAN said: Been wondering about this for a while, what does "Odium" mean? Here Quote Millennium Some dictionaries list two meanings for the word "odium": the feeling of strong hatred, and that which provokes hatred from others. Do both of these apply to the Shard with that name? Brandon Sanderson Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 THEMAGICkMAN Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Thanks! The shard of Hatred huh.. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Weltall Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Yep. It also comes up directly in the Letter in Words of Radiance where the writer describes Rayse/Odium with the phrase "he bears the weight of God's own divine hatred, separated from the virtues that gave it context". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 skaa Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 Fun fact: While Brandon likes to invent new words (often based on real world non-English words) in his fiction, he also uses uncommon English words sometimes. Aside from odium, there's also recreance, investiture, threnody, and octant (just to name a few). Look them up in a dictionary (like Wiktionary) or an encyclopedia (like Wikipedia) and enjoy your expanded English vocabulary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Ryan Diggory Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 His original name is Rayse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 RShara Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ryan Diggory said: His original name is Rayse This post was from two years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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