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  2. Gotland Runic Inscription 181 - Wikipedia

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    Runic Inscription 181 Runestone G 181 with figures identified as Odin, Thor, and Freyr.. This Viking Age runestone, designated as G 181 in the Rundata catalog, was originally located at a church at Sanda, Gotland, Sweden, and is believed to depict the three Norse pagan gods Odin, Thor, and Freyr.

  3. Sága and Sökkvabekkr - Wikipedia

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    Sága pours Odin a drink in an illustration (1893) by Jenny Nyström.. In Norse mythology, Sága (Old Norse pronunciation:, possibly meaning "seeress" [1]) is a goddess associated with the location Sökkvabekkr (Old Norse: [ˈsøkːwɑˌbekːz̠]; "sunken bank", "sunken bench", or "treasure bank" [2]).

  4. Sleipnir - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Huginn and Muninn - Wikipedia

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    In the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, the god Odin (disguised as Grímnir) provides the young Agnarr with information about Odin's companions. He tells the prince about Odin's wolves Geri and Freki , and, in the next stanza of the poem, states that Huginn and Muninn fly daily across the entire world, Midgard .

  6. List of names of Odin - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Odin - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. Jakten på Odin - Wikipedia

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    The background for the project is described in two books, Ingen grenser, 1999, Heyerdahl, Thor and Per Lillieström, Oslo: Stenersens forlag, ISBN 82-7201-270-7 and Jakten på Odin—På sporet av vår fortid, 2001, Heyerdahl, Thor and Per Lillieström, Oslo: Stenersens forlag, ISBN 82-7201-316-9. Rix, Robert.

  9. Ynglinga saga - Wikipedia

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    Odin is a great warrior, who conquers many kingdoms in all parts of the world, never losing a battle. His men are used to receive his blessing before going into battle, and to call upon his name when fighting, in order to inspire themselves. [3] Æsir-Vanir war by Lorenz Frølich. Odin wages war against Vanaland people, but cannot win over them ...