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Odin, in his guise as a wanderer, as imagined by Georg von Rosen (1886). 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 ...
Valknut variations. On the left unicursal trefoil forms; on the right tricursal linked triangle forms.. The valknut is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles.It appears on a variety of objects from the archaeological record of the ancient Germanic peoples.
Huginn and Muninn sit on Odin's shoulders in an illustration from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript Odin enthroned and holding his spear Gungnir, flanked by his ravens Huginn and Muninn and wolves Geri and Freki (1882) by Carl Emil Doepler. Scholars have linked Odin's relation to Huginn and Muninn to shamanic practice.
The archaeologist Bengt Nordqvist interprets this belt buckle found at Finnestorp as a depiction of Odin and Mímir's Well. Finnestorp is an archaeological site in Västergötland, Sweden, where many objects from the Migration Period have been found. The site was discovered in 1902 and excavated in 2000–2004 and 2008–2012.
Odin the Wanderer (the meaning of his name Gangleri); illustration by Georg von Rosen, 1886. Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.
As god, Odin was the ethereal part—he only drank wine and spoke only in poetry. I wondered if the Odin myth was a metaphor that playfully and poetically encapsulates ancient knowledge of our prehistoric past as hunters in association with two allies to produce a powerful hunting alliance.
Odin, a Norse god (he was born with two eyes, but traded one for a drink from Mimir's well) Ojáncanu , one-eyed giant with a ten-fingered hand, a ten-toed foot, a long beard and red hair of Cantabrian mythology who embodies evil, cruelty and brutality
Sleipnir is depicted with Odin on Dagfin Werenskiold's wooden relief Odin på Sleipnir (1945–1950) on the exterior of the Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway. [28] Sleipnir has been and remains a popular name for ships in northern Europe, and Rudyard Kipling's short story entitled Sleipner, late Thurinda (1888) features a horse named Sleipner.