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Oðinn

deity sky Scandinavian single tradition · 13

Oðinn is a Scandinavian god who is swallowed by the wolf Fenrir during Ragnarök, the "Dusk of the gods."

↻ synthesized from 13 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Chief Norse deity attested in Iron Age Scandinavian mythology.

Relationships

co occurs with
Atri, Wōden, Wōdan, Wuodan, Wuotan, *Wōðanaz, Ullr, Veles, Vṛtra, Þór, Valkyrjar, dísir, Ullinn, Óðr, Freyja, Hnoss, Menglad, Menglöð, Svafrþorinn, Fjölsviðr, Bestla, Borř son of Búri, Heimdallr, Þórr, Beldeg, Horsa, Hengest, Wecta, Wihtgils, Witta, Siggar, Swæbdæg, Brond, Þrúðr, Hildr, Skeggjöld, Hlökk, Herfjötur, Göll, Geirahöð, Randgríð, Ráðgríð, Reginleif, Sæhrímnir, Andhrímnir, Geri, Freki, Hermóðr, Bragi, Wōðanaz, Rindr, Móði, Magni, Thor, Angerona, Volupia, Perun, Indra, Mitra, Varuna, Einherjar, Heiðrún, Viðarr
enemy of
Fenrir, Ymir
parent of
Baldr, Wægdæg, Vali
manifests as
Gestr, Gestumblindi, Gagnráðr, Grímnir, Þriði, Hárr, Jafnhárr, Tveggi
allied with
Vili, Ve, Skírnir, Þalfa, Vafþrúðnir, Mímir, Sigmund, Sinfjötli
consort of
Frigg
served by
Skögul, valkyries, Göndul

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Mentioned by

and 2 more

Sources

wikipedia (13)
  1. Angerona
  2. Odin
  3. Veles (god)
  4. Fólkvangr
  5. Óðr
  6. Svafrþorinn
  7. Saltfleetby spindle-whorl
  8. Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies
  9. Einherjar
  10. Tierkrieger
  11. Vili and Vé
  12. Váli
  13. Skírnir

Source passages

“as the wolf Fenrir swallows Oðinn and the sun.”

#10812 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Fjölsviðr is name number 13 in the thula of Oðinn's 60 names - including the four explicitly hidden as riddles in kennings, and the one Oðinn explicitly tell us he never tells to people - concluding Grimnismál. If Menglöd indeed is Oðinn's sister, Bestla is her mother, and as true or false as they have the same father”

#15274 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In the Prose Edda's Gylfaginning, Skírnir also performs favors for Oðinn, father of the gods. After the vicious wolf Fenrir evades capture, Skirnir visits the mountain dwarves, known for their mining and smithing. Together they forge the magical restraint Gleipnir for the purpose of binding the wolf”

#41314 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001