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Odin’s name translates to leader of the possessed or the lord of the frenzy. The Old Norse Óðinn literally means Master of Ecstasy. In the prose narrative of Solomon and Saturn, "Mercurius the Giant" ( Mercurius se gygand) is referred to as an inventor of letters. This may also be a reference to Odin, who is in Norse mythology the founder of the runic alphabets, and the gloss a continuation of the practice of equating Odin with Mercury found as early as Tacitus. [35] One of the Solomon and Saturn poems is additionally in the style of later Old Norse material featuring Odin, such as the Old Norse poem Vafþrúðnismál, featuring Odin and the jötunn Vafþrúðnir engaging in a deadly game of wits. [36] Odin and Frea look down from their window in the heavens to the Winnili women in an illustration by Emil Doepler, 1905 Winnili women with their hair tied as beards look up at Godan and Frea in an illustration by Emil Doepler, 1905 While this makes Odin seem similar to “father” deities from other mythologies such as Zeus and Ra, he is different from them in several aspects. Unlike those deities, Odin played many roles. Odin – Master of Ecstasy Odin in the Guise of a Wanderer (1886) by Georg von Rosen. Public Domain. de Vries, Jan (1962). Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch (1977ed.). Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-05436-3.

But we’ve already noted Odin’s scant concern for honor. He isn’t one to refuse any ecstatic practice, even those that bring him ill repute. warriors to the battlefield. Her steed barely touches the ground. A helmet covers her head. Armed with shield, spear, sword or mace and partly Odin ( / ˈ oʊ d ɪ n/; [1] from Old Norse: Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and depicts him as the husband of the goddess Frigg. In wider Germanic mythology and paganism, the god was also known in Old English as Wōden, in Old Saxon as Uuôden, in Old Dutch as Wuodan, in Old Frisian as Wêda, and in Old High German as Wuotan, all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym * Wōðanaz, meaning 'lord of frenzy', or 'leader of the possessed'. In recent years, he has also been featured in many video games with Norse motifs such as God of War, Age of Mythology, and others.

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As a God-king of the Æsir (Asgardian) gods and an Allfather of the world, Odin was understandably worshipped as a patron of Norse and Germanic rulers. However, he was also viewed as a patron god of criminals and outlaws. Gimbutas, Marija; Robbins Dexter, Miriam (1999), The Living Goddesses, University of California, ISBN 978-0520213937 The 11th century Ledberg stone in Sweden, similarly to Thorwald's Cross, features a figure with his foot at the mouth of a four-legged beast, and this may also be a depiction of Odin being devoured by Fenrir at Ragnarök. [81] Below the beast and the man is a depiction of a legless, helmeted man, with his arms in a prostrate position. [81] The Younger Futhark inscription on the stone bears a commonly seen memorial dedication, but is followed by an encoded runic sequence that has been described as "mysterious," [82] and "an interesting magic formula which is known from all over the ancient Norse world." [81]

Krister Vasshus, an ancient language specialist, said that because runic inscriptions are rare, “every runic inscription [is] vital to how we understand the past”.

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Hollander, Lee Milton (1936). Old Norse Poems: The Most Important Nonskaldic Verse Not Included in the Poetic Edda. Columbia University Press

Music inspired by or featuring the god includes the ballets Odins Schwert (1818) and Orfa (1852) by J. H. Stunz and the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (1848–1874) by Richard Wagner. [95]

Odin was so famous as a bloodthirsty, glory-hunting war god that the famous Germanic fighers that ran into battles half-naked and high did so while screaming Odin’s name. In contrast, Týr was the war god of the more rational warriors who actually tried to live through the ordeal, who welcomed the signing of peace treaties, and who ultimately wanted to go home to their families. Odin as the God of the Dead

Munro, Dana Carleton (Trans.) (1895). Life of St. Columban. The Department of History of the University of Pennsylvania.As one of the most famous deities in the Norse pantheon of gods and one of the most well-known gods among the thousands of human religions, Odin has been portrayed in numerous literary works and cultural pieces throughout the ages. né átto, óð þau né hǫfðo, lá né læti né lito góða. Ǫnd gaf Óðinn, óð gaf Hœnir, lá gaf Lóðurr ok lito góða. Old Norse: [43] We’ve already, albeit briefly, discussed the berserkers and other distinguished “warrior-shamans” under Odin’s patronage. This was the form of Germanic shamanism that was the most socially acceptable for men to practice. Birley, Anthony R. (Trans.) (1999). Agricola and Germany. Oxford World's Classics. ISBN 978-0-19-283300-6 Thus, as a war-god, Odin is principally concerned not with the reasons behind any given conflict or even its outcome, but rather with the raw, chaotic battle-frenzy (one of the primary manifestations of óðr) that permeates any such struggle.

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