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Odin
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O·din  (dn)
n. Mythology
The Norse god of wisdom, war, art, culture, and the dead and the supreme deity and creator of the cosmos and humans.
[Old Norse dhinn; see wet-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Odin [ˈəʊdɪn], Othin [ˈəʊðɪn]
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(Myth & Legend / Norse Myth & Legend) Norse myth the supreme creator god; the divinity of wisdom, culture, war, and the dead Germanic counterpart Wotan Woden
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Noun1.Odin - (Norse mythology) ruler of the AesirOdin - (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan
Norse mythology - the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity
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