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Series 6 Post 19: He is the main representative of the class of divinities called Æsir, Allfǫðr.... God of wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, runic alphabet.

🌸 The Old Norse theonym Óðinn is a cognate of other medieval Germanic names, including Old English Wōden, Old Saxon Wōdan, Old Dutch Wuodan, and Old High German Wotan (Old Bavarian Wûtan). Translated as 'lord of frenzy',or as 'leader of the possessed',Wōðanaz stems from the Proto-Germanic adjective *wōðaz ('possessed, inspired, delirious, raging') attached to the suffix *-naz ('master of')

🌸 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 (≈ Wērendei) and Old Norse Óðinsdagr (cf. Danish, Norwegian, Swedish onsdag).

🌸 He wields Gungnir, his spear, and rides Sleipnir, his eight-legged steed, another mythological allegory of Irminsul or Yggdrasill. Son of Borr and the giantess Bestla, brother of Víli and Vé, husband of Frigg and father of many of the gods, including Thor and Baldr. He is also often referred to as "Father of the Gods" or Allfǫðr, Allvater, Allfather.

🌸First of all the two ravens Huginn and Muninn (the names mean Thought and Memory), whom he sends around the world every day so that, when they return at sunset, they whisper to him what they have seen; and then two wolves, Geri and Freki, to whom he throws his food in the dinners of Valhalla since he feeds exclusively on mead and wine.