Odin
<p ><b>Odin</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >oʊ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >d</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ɨ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >n</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>; from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse" >Old Norse</a> <i>Óðinn</i>, "<i>The Furious One</i>") is a major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86sir" title="Æsir" >god</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples" >Germanic</a> mythology, especially in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology" >Norse mythology</a>. In many Norse sources he is the Allfather of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_gods" title="Norse gods" class="mw-redirect" >gods</a> and the ruler of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgard" title="Asgard" >Asgard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> Homologous with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language" title="Old English language" class="mw-redirect" >Old English</a> "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Dden" title="Wōden" >Wōden</a>", the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Saxon_language" title="Old Saxon language" class="mw-redirect" >Old Saxon</a> "Wôdan" and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German" title="Old High German" >Old High German</a> "Wôtan",<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> the name is descended from<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic" title="Proto-Germanic" class="mw-redirect" >Proto-Germanic</a> "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Ddanaz" title="Wōdanaz" >Wōdanaz</a>" or "*Wōđanaz".
"Odin" is generally accepted as the modern English form of the name, although, in some cases, older forms may be used or preferred. His name is related to <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93%C3%B0r" title="Óðr" >óðr</a></i>, meaning "fury, excitation", as well as "mind" or "poetry". His role, like that of many of the Norse gods, is complex. Odin is a principal member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86sir" title="Æsir" >Æsir</a> (the major group of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_pantheon" title="Norse pantheon" class="mw-redirect" >Norse pantheon</a>) and is associated with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War" title="War" >war</a>, battle, victory and death, but also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom" title="Wisdom" >wisdom</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism" title="Shamanism" >Shamanism</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(paranormal)" title="Magic (paranormal)" >magic</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry" >poetry</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy" title="Prophecy" >prophecy</a>, and the hunt. Odin has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Odin" title="Sons of Odin" >many sons</a>, the most famous of whom is the thunder god <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor" title="Thor" >Thor</a>.</p>