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Odin
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Title(s)
Parents	Borr
Children	Thor, Balder

Odin or Woden is the chief ruler of the gods and leader of the Æsir (the main pantheon of deities) in Norse mythology.^[1]

Accoring to the fourth verse of the poem Voluspa on the Poetic Edda, Borr is the father of Odin. Odin also has two brothers, Vili and Ve.

He is depicted as tall, old, and wise. He has a long white beard, and he broods deeply over the mysteries of life and death.^[2] He sacrificed his eye in his youth to drink the magic mead from the Well of Mimir.^[3] Odin is said to summon kings and heroes who die in battle to Valhalla, where they spent their time feasting and fighting, ready to defend Asgard in the event of attack.^[4] Odin teaches that there must be self-sacrifice so that wisdom and power may be obtained.^[5]

Odin is killed by the wolf Fenrir at the end of the world. His son Vidar rips the wolf apart, avenging his father's death.

Odin was portrayed by Anthony Hopkins on the 2011's Marvel Entertainment's feature film Thor.^[6]

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PortrayalEdit

Anthony Hopkins
Thor (2011)

Kevin Nash
Almighty Thor

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Notes Edit

1. ↑ (Mackenzie 1912, p. 21)
2. ↑ (Mackenzie 1912, p. 21)
3. ↑ (Mackenzie 1912, p. 21)
4. ↑ (Willis 1996, p. 196)
5. ↑ (Mackenzie 1912, p. 22)
6. ↑ (Thor, 2011 film)

References Edit

• World Mythology by Roy Willis
• TEUTONIC MYTH AND LEGEND by Donald A. Mackenzie