History glossary
Odin
a major Norse god associated with wisdom, war, poetry, magic, and rulership.
- Category
- Norse religion
- Region
- Scandinavia
- Date range
- Pre-Christian Norse religion
What it means
Odin was one of the most important gods in Norse religion. He was associated with wisdom, war, poetry, magic, death, and kingship, and appears frequently in later medieval sources preserving Norse myth.
