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Wuotan

deity single tradition · 1

Wuotan is a deity in Old High German tradition. Theonym Óðinn is a cognate of other medieval Germanic names. Internal and comparative evidence all point to the ideas of a divine possession or inspiration, and an ecstatic divination.

When

First attested
500 CE
Attested period
500 – 1000

Relationships

co occurs with
*Wōðanaz, Ullr, Ullinn, Oðinn, Wōden, Wōdan, Wuodan, Odin, Wotan

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Odin

Source passages

“In his opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, Richard Wagner refers to the god as Wotan, a spelling of his own invention which combines the Old High German Wuotan with the Low German Wodan.”

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