Odin

Odin is considered to be the supreme god of late Germanic and Norse mythology. His role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is god of both wisdom and war. He is also attributed as being a god of magic, poetry, victory, and the hunt.

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God - Germanic - Norse mythology - Wisdom - War

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His name is, in Icelandic/Old Norse Óðinn; Swedish Oden; English/Old English (and Old Saxon) Wõden; Old Franconian Wodan; Alemannic Wuodan; German Wotan or Wothan; Lombardic Godan. Although its precise mythological meaning is debated, the name is formed from òðr and -in. In Old Norse, òðr means by itself "fury", the suffix -in means "master, lord." Thus, Odin is lord of fury

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Icelandic - Old Norse - Swedish - English - Old English - Old Saxon - Old Franconian - Alemannic - German - Lombardic

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