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  2. 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 ...

  3. Huginn and Muninn - Wikipedia

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    Rudolf Simek is critical of the approach, stating that "attempts have been made to interpret Odin's ravens as a personification of the god's intellectual powers, but this can only be assumed from the names Huginn and Muninn themselves which were unlikely to have been invented much before the 9th or 10th centuries" yet that the two ravens, as ...

  4. Gungnir - Wikipedia

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    Lee Lawrie, Odin (1939). Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C. In Norse mythology, Gungnir (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ. n ɪər /, "the rocking") is the spear of the god Odin. It is known for always hitting the target of the attacker regardless of the attacker's skill.

  5. Old Norse religion - Wikipedia

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    The myth preserved in the Eddic poem "Hávamál" of Odin hanging for nine nights on Yggdrasill, sacrificing himself to secure knowledge of the runes and other wisdom in what resembles an initiatory rite, [231] [232] is evidence of mysticism in Old Norse religion. [233] The gods were associated with two distinct forms of magic.

  6. Vili and Vé - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of Óðinn, Vili, and Vé creating the world by Lorenz Frølich. In Norse mythology, Vili (/ ˈ v ɪ l i / VILL-ee; Old Norse: ) and Vé (/ ˈ v eɪ / VAY; O.N.: ) are the brothers of the god Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn), sons of Bestla, daughter of Bölþorn; and Borr, son of Búri.

  7. Viking treasure reveals oldest reference to Norse god Odin

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    A centuries-old gold disc found in Denmark has revealed the earliest known mention of the Norse god Odin and shown he was being worshipped at least 150 years earlier than previously thought.

  8. 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.

  9. Mímir - Wikipedia

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    A 19th century depiction of Odin finding Mímir's beheaded body (Poetic Edda by Erik Brate) Mímir or Mim is a figure in Norse mythology, renowned for his knowledge and wisdom, who is beheaded during the Æsir–Vanir War. Afterward, the god Odin carries around Mímir's head and it recites secret knowledge and counsel to him.