What is Odin?
[[File:Odin, der Göttervater.jpg|thumb|Odin, the All-Father of Nordic Gods]] Odin ([[Old Norse language|Old Norse]]: ''Óðinn'') is the god of [[wisdom]], knowledge, air, poetry, death, healing, royalty, divination, gallows, frenzy, magic and runic alphabet in [[Norse mythology]]. Son of Borr and the giantess ([[Jötnar|jötunn]]) Bestla, Odin is the chief of the [[Æsir]] (all the [[Germanic paganism|Germanic]] gods) and king of [[Asgard]]. He is married to the goddess [[Frigg]], and is father to the gods [[Thor]], [[Baldur|Baldr]], [[Höðr]], [[Vidar|Víðarr,]] and [[Váli (son of Odin)|Váli]]. [[File:Georg von Rosen - Oden som vandringsman, 1886 (Odin, the Wanderer).jpg|alt=“I was once man”|thumb|This is he Odin loved life ]] Known as the '''All-Father''', Odin is often accompanied by two ravens, [[Hugin and Munin|Huginn and Muninn]], along with the wolves [[Geri and Freki]]; the god rides into battle atop an eight-legged steed, [[Sleipnir]], and wields the mighty spear [[Gungnir]], which was fashioned for him by the dwarves known as the Sons of Ivaldi and is said to never miss its target. A defining feature of Odin is his being one-eyed, a result of him having sacrificed an eye to drink from the [[Urðarbrunnr|Well of Urðr]], which granted him an incomprehensible amount of knowledge of the universe. Odin himself often receives counsel from the severed head of the being [[Mímir]], which recites secret knowledge to him. Half of the souls of those slain in battle will be guided by the [[Valkyries]], battle maidens, to [[Valhalla]], Odin's enormous and majestic hall: the other half go to Fólkvangr, [[Freyja|Freyja's]] realm. Odin was known in [[Old English]] as '''Wōden''', in Old Saxon as '''Wōdan''', and in Old High German as '''Wuotan''' or '''Wōtan''', all of which stem from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic *''wōđanaz''. The modern English weekday name [[Wednesday]] bears the god’s name. (from [[Old English]] ''Wōdnesdæg'', “Wōden’s day”). ==Family== Odin is the son of Borr and the [[Jötnar|jötunn]] Bestla. He