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The “dedicated” god of war in Norse mythology is Týr. In fact, in many Germanic tribes, Týr was the chief deity before Odin’s worship rose in popularity. Odin isn’t primarily a war god but he’s also worshipped as a god of war together with Týr. Dolen, Rob (4 May 2020). "Odin's Role in Assassin's Creed Valhalla". Gamerant. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021 . Retrieved 20 August 2021. In addition to his role as a creator god, Odin was worshipped as the Norse god of war. For instance, he was seen as a protector of Viking warriors. Additionally, the Norse thought that Odin never lost a battle, with some even believing that it was impossible for the god to lose a battle.

In the 11th century, chronicler Adam of Bremen recorded in a scholion of his Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum that a statue of Thor, whom Adam describes as "mightiest", sat enthroned in the Temple at Uppsala (located in Gamla Uppsala, Sweden) flanked by Wodan (Odin) and " Fricco". Regarding Odin, Adam defines him as "frenzy" ( Wodan, id est furor) and says that he "rules war and gives people strength against the enemy" and that the people of the temple depict him as wearing armour, "as our people depict Mars". According to Adam, the people of Uppsala had appointed priests ( gothi) to each of the gods, who were to offer up sacrifices ( blót), and in times of war sacrifices were made to images of Odin. [11]This in turn may be related to growing Viking interactions with the Christian populations of Europe. Many Norse warriors who traded and travelled in Christian lands were impressed by their basilicas and churches. Norse temples, like the one found in western Norway, may have been partly modelled on Christian churches. The Vikings were not just robbers of churches they were also influenced by them. Moreover, Christianity prompted the Vikings to develop a more coherent and ideological religion. Beginning with Henry Petersen's doctoral dissertation in 1876, which proposed that Thor was the indigenous god of Scandinavian farmers and Odin a later god proper to chieftains and poets, many scholars of Norse mythology in the past viewed Odin as having been imported from elsewhere. The idea was developed by Bernhard Salin on the basis of motifs in the petroglyphs and bracteates, and with reference to the Prologue of the Prose Edda, which presents the Æsir as having migrated into Scandinavia. Salin proposed that both Odin and the runes were introduced from Southeastern Europe in the Iron Age. Other scholars placed his introduction at different times; Axel Olrik, during the Migration Age as a result of Gaulish influence. [85] Viking statue of the god Odin, Gothenburg Museum of Natural History, Sweden. Image: Kristijan Arsov, Unsplash In the 13th century legendary saga Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, the poem Heiðreks gátur contains a riddle that mentions Sleipnir and Odin:

Even though Odin was a warrior god, he did not win his battles with mere brute force and power. Indeed, the Norse also considered Odin to be a full of wisdom. Odin’s wisdom is most famously represented by his depiction as a one-eyed man. According to Norse mythology, the wisest god amongst the Aesir was Mimir, whose origin is not entirely clear. This god was renowned for his knowledge and prophetic wisdom. 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] Cleasby, Richard and Guðbrandur Vigfússon. Rev. Craigie, William A. (1975) An Icelandic–English Dictionary. 2nd ed., repr. Oxford Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198631033 Spirit they possessed not, sense they had not, blood nor motive powers, nor goodly colour. Spirit gave Odin, sense gave Hœnir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour. Benjamin Thorpe translation: [44]Is the silver figurine from Lejre representing Odin? Freya? Or perhaps a völva, a Viking sorceress? Many interpretations have been put forward Mimir’s head, therefore, became a source of knowledge, and Odin relied on its counsel when he needed to make important decisions. Chapter 3 says that Odin had two brothers, Vé and Vili. While Odin was gone, his brothers governed his realm. Once Odin was gone for so long that the Æsir believed that he would not return, his brothers began to divvy up Odin's inheritance, "but his wife Frigg they shared between them. However, afterwards, [Odin] returned and took possession of his wife again". [62] Chapter 4 describes the Æsir– Vanir War. According to the chapter, Odin "made war on the Vanir". The Vanir defended their land and the battle turned to a stalemate, both sides having devastated each other's lands. As part of a peace agreement, the two sides exchanged hostages. One of the exchanges went awry and resulted in the Vanir decapitating one of the hostages sent to them by the Æsir, Mímir. The Vanir sent Mímir's head to the Æsir, whereupon Odin "took it and embalmed it with herbs so that it would not rot, and spoke charms [Old Norse galdr] over it", which imbued the head with the ability to answer Odin and "tell him many occult things". [63] 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.

The Old Norse theonym Óðinn (runic ᚢᚦᛁᚾ on the Ribe skull fragment) [2] is a cognate of other medieval Germanic names, including Old English Wōden, Old Saxon Wōdan, Old Dutch Wuodan, and Old High German Wuotan ( Old Bavarian Wûtan). [3] [4] [5] They all derive from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic masculine theonym *Wōðanaz (or *Wōdunaz). [3] [6] Translated as 'lord of frenzy', [7] or as 'leader of the possessed', [8] *Wōðanaz stems from the Proto-Germanic adjective *wōðaz ('possessed, inspired, delirious, raging') attached to the suffix *-naz ('master of'). [7] Woðinz (read from right to left), a probably authentic attestation of a pre-Viking Age form of Odin, on the Strängnäs stone.

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The woman wakes, sits up, looks at Sigurd, and the two converse in two stanzas of verse. In the second stanza, the woman explains that Odin placed a sleeping spell on her which she could not break, and due to that spell she has been asleep a long time. Sigurd asks for her name, and the woman gives Sigurd a horn of mead to help him retain her words in his memory. The woman recites a heathen prayer in two stanzas. A prose narrative explains that the woman is named Sigrdrífa and that she is a valkyrie. [58] Hirschfeld, Max (1889). Untersuchungen zur Lokasenna, Acta Germanica 1.1, Berlin: Mayer & Müller. (in German) Steuer, Heiko (2021). Germanen aus Sicht der Archäologie: Neue Thesen zu einem alten Thema. de Gruyter. Matasović, Ranko (2009). Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Brill. pp.404–405. ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1.