Odin
Pantheon: Norse
Odin is known as the All-Father and the One-Eyed Wanderer.
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Odin is a complex and dynamic deity who was the most highly-respected and worshipped gods of the ancient Germanic people. He is a god of war and of poetry. He is honoured by leaders and rulers seeking prestige and honour. But, at the same time, a patron god to outlaws. Odin is known for being devious, cunning and a bit of a trickster, with little regard for convention or rules. Among other things, Odin is a god of wisdom, knowledge, healing, the dead, death, the Valkyries, ecstasy, magic, shamanism and the runes.
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Odin presides over Valhalla (the most prestigious place for the dead), where he and the Valkyries take fallen warriors (women & men) to exist in eternal glory, feasting and drinking mead.
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He has a relentless thirst for wisdom & knowledge, so much so he plucked out his own eye as a sacrifice to gain more – he is often depicted with one eye. On another occasion, he sacrificed himself and hung on the world World Tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days and nights to gain the knowledge of the magical runes.
Correspondences:
Symbols: Valknut – represents strength, reincarnation, life and death. Triple Horn of Odin – symbolizes knowledge, wisdom and poetic inspiration. Gungnir – Odin’s legendary spear.
Animals: Ravens (specifically Hugin “Thought” and Munin “Memory”), wolves, bears and his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, who helped him travel between worlds.
Offerings: Mead, ale/beer, wine, whiskey, red meat, garlic, leeks and asparagus.
Herbs & Incense: Mugwort, wormwood, ash bark or leaves (Yggdrasil was an Ash tree), frankincense, myrrh, spruce and pine resin.
Colours: Grey, deep blue and black.
Crystals: Hawk’s Eye “blue tiger’s eye” or stones with a hole in them “hagstone”.
Day of the Week: Wednesday.