Wednesday's Woe, Biden's Plan, U.S. Dollar, J&J Vaccine, Trading Intel We are going to live again. You will dance in the aisle at some concert whose performer I have never heard of, and you will cheer for your favorite team in person again. Jan 14, 2021 | 07:22 AM EST Perhaps readers already know just who or what Woden is. Never heard of him? The middle day of our work week was named for him. Woden is/was a pagan god, the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the Roman Mercury. Mercury was a sky god, a god of wisdom, a god of commerce, a god of science. How fitting. How fitting is it, too, that Mercury was also known as the messenger of the Roman gods. Indeed.