Wōden
Wōden is a Germanic deity whose name is the origin of the modern English weekday name Wednesday, derived from Old English Wōdnesdæg, meaning 'day of Wōden'. Cognate terms are found in other Germanic languages.
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in an 11th-century manuscript.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Wōdan, Wuodan, Wuotan, *Wōðanaz, Ullr, Ullinn, Friothulf, Godulf, Geat, Tætwa, Beaw, Sceldi, Heremod, Itermon, Hathra, Guala, Bedwig, Sceaf, Freya, Philidel, Grimbald, Osmond, Tanfan, Blind Harie, Noah, Hengist, Horsa, Frealaf, Hengest, Victgilsus, Wihtgils, Witta, Wægdæg, Siggar, Swæbdæg, Wiglek, Wermund, Uffa, Eomer, Ongenþeow, Icel, Wuffa, Wehha, Geri, Freki, Týr, Mercurius the Giant, Fodepald, Geta, Fredulf, Saxnot, Oðinn, Thor, Venus, Merlin, Cupid, Saint George, Adam, Huginn, Muninn, Hermes, Budha, Odin, Isis, Mars, Hercules, Freyja, Finn
- syncretized with
- Herla, Mercury, Billy Blind, King Herla
- manifests as
- Grim
- manifested by
- *Wōdanaz
- enemy of
- Wyrm
- child of
- Frealaf
Mentioned by
- Oðinn
- Thor
- Venus
- Merlin
- Cupid
- Saint George
- Adam
- Huginn
- Muninn
- Hermes
- Budha
- Odin
- Isis
- Mars
- Hercules
- Freyja
and 6 more
Sources
Source passages
“The modern English weekday name Wednesday derives from Old English Wōdnesdæg, meaning 'day of Wōden'. Cognate terms are found in other Germanic languages, such as Middle Low German and Middle Dutch Wōdensdach (modern Dutch woensdag), Old Frisian Wērnisdei”
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“In later pedigrees, this too has been linked to Wōden by making Seaxnēat his son. Dumville has suggested that these modified pedigrees linking to Wōden were creations intended to express their contemporary politics, a representation in genealogical form of the Anglian hegemony over all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.”
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