Meaning of ODIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'owdin
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| | Definition: | | [n] (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan |
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| | Definition: | | \O"din\, n. [Icel. ?; prob.akin to E. wood, a. See
{Wednesday}.] (Northern Myth.)
The supreme deity of the Scandinavians; -- the same as
{Woden}, of the German tribes.
There in the Temple, carved in wood, The image of great
Odin stood. --Longfellow.
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| | Related Terms: | | Aesir, Ares, Athena, Balder, Bellona, Bor, Bori, Bragi, Donar, Enyo, Forseti, Frey, Freya, Freyja, Freyr, Frigg, Frigga, Heimdall, Hel, Hertha, Hoenir, Idun, Ing, Ithunn, Loki, Mars, Minerva, Nanna, Nerthus, Njord, Njorth, Reimthursen, Sif, Sigyn, Thor, Tiu, Tyr, Ull, Ullr, Vali, Vanir, Vidar, Vitharr, Wayland, Weland, Woden, Wotan, Wyrd |
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