Gods & Deities · Norse world
Odin
The one-eyed Norse god of wisdom, war, poetry, and the dead.
Legend File
Odin is a god of costly knowledge. He sacrifices an eye for wisdom, hangs on the world tree for the runes, and gathers chosen dead warriors in Valhalla. He is not a simple king of gods, but a restless seeker whose power is bound to poetry, battle, magic, and the terrible price of knowing too much.
Source Framing
Norse and wider Germanic mythology preserved in Eddic and saga traditions around Odin/Wodan: war, wisdom, poetry, runes, magic, the dead, and costly knowledge.
