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Woden
n.
Anglo-Saxon chief god (equivalent of the Scandinavian deity Odin); city in Iowa (USA)
Odin
In
Germanic mythology,
Odin (from
Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely revered god. In
Norse mythology, from which stems most of our information about the god, Odin is associated with healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, battle, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and is the husband of the goddess
Frigg. In wider Germanic mythology and
paganism, Odin was known in
Old English as
Woden, in
Old Saxon as
Wodan, and in
Old High German as
Wuotan or
Wotan, all stemming from the reconstructed
Proto-Germanic theonym
*wodanaz.
Odin (disambiguation)
Odin is the chief god of the Norse pantheon.
Woden
Noun
1. chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan
(synonym) Wodan
(hypernym) Anglo-Saxon deity
Woden
(n.)
A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Odin
[Norse] The chief divinity of the Norse pantheon, the foremost of the Aesir. Odin is a son of Bor and Bestla. He is called Alfadir, Allfather, for he is indeed father of the gods. With Frigg he is the father of Balder, Hod, and Hermod. He fathered Thor on the goddess Jord; and the giantess Grid became the mother of Vidar. Odin is a god of war and death, but also the god of poetry and wisdom. He hung for nine days, pierced by his own spear, on the world tree. Here he learned nine powerful songs, and eighteen runes. Odin can make the dead speak to question the wisest amongst them. His hall in Asgard is Valaskjalf ("shelf of the slain") where his throne Hlidskjalf is located. From this throne he observes all that happens in the nine worlds. The tidings are brought to him by his two raven Huginn and Muninn. He also resides in Valhalla, where the slain warriors are taken. Odin's attributes are the spear Gungnir, which never misses its target, the ring Draupnir, from which every ninth night eig...
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