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Odin Odin was one of the gods of the Norse, the people of the North, today known as Scandinavians. Odin was the one-eyed Aesir god, the god of wisdom and poetry, and of war and death. He is sometimes called All-father, meaning the father of the gods. The fourth day of the week is named after Odin, Wednesday (Davidson, 1969:28). Odin was descended from one of the earliest Norse gods, Bor, and goddess Bestla. His brothers were Vili and Ve. Odin’s Aesir wife was Frigga, and his sons were Thor, Vali, and possibly Tyr. Nevertheless, Odin had many other wives and children (Daly, 1991:58). He was believed to welcome into his hall warriors who died a heroic death on the battlefield. The worshippers of Odin were the kings and princely warriors of the Migration period (third to sixth centuries A.D.) and the Viking Age, and many royal families among the Anglo-Saxons claim to be his descendants.
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