Odin (/ˈoʊdɪn/;[1] from Old Norse: Óðinn, IPA: [ˈoːðinː]) is a widely revered god in Germanic

mythology. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates
Odin with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory,
sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and portrays him as the husband of the
goddess Frigg. In wider Germanic mythology and paganism, the god was known in Old
English as Wōden, in Old Saxon as Wōdan, in Old Dutch as Wuodan[2]and in Old High
German as Wuotan.

Odin appears as a prominent god throughout the recorded history of Europe, from the
Roman occupation of regions of Germania (from c.  12 BCE) through the tribal expansions of
the Migration Period (4th to 6th centuries CE) and the Viking Age (8th to 11th centuries CE).
In the modern period the rural folklore of Germanic Europe continued to acknowledge Odin.
References to him appear in place names throughout regions historically inhabited by the
ancient Germanic peoples, and the day of the week Wednesday bears his name in many
Germanic languages, including in English.

In Old English texts, Odin holds a particular place as a euhemerized ancestral figure among
royalty, and he is frequently referred to as a founding figure among various other Germanic
peoples, such as the Langobards. Forms of his name appear frequently throughout the
Germanic record, though narratives regarding Odin are mainly found in Old Norse works
recorded in Iceland, primarily around the 13th century. These texts make up the bulk of
modern understanding of Norse mythology.