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The god of wisdom, magic, poetry, and war in the modern pagan faith of Heathenry
The supreme god of the Germanic and Norse pantheons, the leader of the Æsir, after whom Wednesday is named. The god of war, death, poetry, and wisdom, Odin is husband to Frigga and father of Balder, Hod, Hermod, Thor, and Tyr. Also known as Allfather, One-eyed, the Terrible One, and Father of Battle
{i} supreme Scandinavian deity and creator of the cosmos (Norse Mythology)
in Norse mythology, the king of the gods. He made the universe, and is also the god of war and wisdom. In German mythology his name is Wotan, and in Anglo-Saxon mythology his name is Woden. or Wotan One of the principal Norse gods. A war god from earliest times, Odin appeared in Scandinavian heroic literature as the protector of heroes. Fallen warriors were believed to join him in Valhalla. Odin was the great magician among the gods and was associated with runic writing. His eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, could gallop through the air and over the sea. Odin was usually depicted as a tall old man with a flowing beard and only one eye (the other he gave in exchange for wisdom); he wore a cloak and a wide-brimmed hat and carried a spear. The wolf and the raven were dedicated to him
In Norse mythology, the one-eyed god of learning and death He kept two ravens, Memory and Thought (Munin and Hugin) as pets
(Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; the same as Woden, of the German tribes
In Norse mythology, the principal Aesir god, ruler of heaven and Earth, and the god of war, wisdom, agriculture and poetry As god of the dead, he presided over banquets of those slain in battle With his brothers Vili and Ve he had killed the primordial frost giant Ymir and used Ymir's body to make all the different realms of the world, as well as the sea and sky The brothers also created the first human beings, Ask and Embla Odin was the supreme chief of the Aesir, a society of warrior gods, and though other gods were younger, more handsome, and even physically stronger, Odin's powers and wisdom were foremost In war, Odin decided the fates of all warriors He was master of magic and discovered the runes He was also called All-Father Also called Othin, Wotan, Woden, Wuotan, Voden, or Votan
In Norse myth, ODIN was the leader of the AESIR in the city of ASGARD See ASGARD
Also OTHINN; WODEN; WOTAN A god of strife and war, magic and death The chief of the Aesir who lives in his hall Valaskjal in Sagard from which he can look out over all the worlds In his hall Valhalla, valkyries (female war spirits) serve heros who have fallen in battle and will aid the god in the great battle of Ragnarok On Odin's shoulders perch two ravens, Hugin ("Thought") and Munin ("Memory") who can fly about all the worlds to bring Odin knowledge Odin often aids great heros but is quite fickle and can turn against a man for any reason or none Tales of Odin's treachery are not merely Christian propaganda Odin's worshippers themselves could be quite sharp-tongued about Odin's unfaithfulness Odin's worship involved human sacrifices, who were generally hung from trees or gallows
Known as the All-Father, he is the leader of the gods
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