Odin
Odin
The Aesir gods respect Odin because of his great wisdom, which he worked very hard to get. At the beginning of the world, he even gave up one of his eyes in exchange for a drink from a wisdom-well. Odin may be missing an eye, but thanks to that sacrifice, he can see in his mind everything that happens in the past, present, and future. Odin's wisdom is what makes him such a good king.
Basic Information
| Name | Odin |
| Nickname | The Big Cheese, Wise Guy, the War God, Woden (Anglo-Saxon), Wotan (Old High German), Wotanaz (Proto-Germanic) |
| Sex | Male |
| Current city | Asgard |
Work & Education
| Occupation | King of the Aesir Gods God of War, Battle, and Victory God of Wisdom, Knowledge and Poetry God of the Hunt |
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
| Parents | Bor and Bestla |
| Siblings | Two brothers, Vili and Vé Sworn blood-brother, Loki |
| Children | With Frigg, sons Balder, Hod, and (possibly) Hermod With Jord, a son, Thor With the giantess Grid, a son, Vidar (slayer of Fenrir wolf) With Rind, a son, Vali (avenger of Balder) Adopted sons: all the slain Vikings that populate Valhalla |
| Friends | The Valkyries, who choose the best of the slain Vikings for my hall |
| Enemies | Fenrir-Wolf, who will kill me during Ragnarok (I may only have one eyeball, but I can see the future) Loki, who killed my son, Balder (though he did give me my horse, Sleipnir) |
Relationships
| Relationship status | Married to Frigg Lover to the giantess Jord Lover to Freyja (secretly) |
Favorites
| Quotations | "If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully." – Thomas Fuller "Knowledge is power." – Francis Bacon "No man was ever wise by chance." – Lucius Annaeus Seneca "Only the dead have seen the end of the war." – George Santyana "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." – Albert Einstein "It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value." – Stephen Hawking |
| Books | Anglo-Saxon poetry, including Beowulf and The Wanderer When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman If We Must Die by Claude McKay The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Harry Potter series (I see myself in Dumbledore) Siddhartha by Herman Hesse A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink Poetry magazine |
| Music | I love Sam Cooke, A Change Is Gonna Come The Eagles, Hotel California Joan Jett, I Love Rock N' Roll Tchaikovsky Richard Wagner Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| Movies | Lord of the Rings |
Activities & Interests
| Likes | My awesome hall Valhalla, where I host the slain Vikings My silver hall Valaskialf, from which I can watch the entire world Gladsheim, the hall from which I preside over Asgard and appoint the Diar, or Twelve Judges Gungnir, my magical spear of the finest dwarvish craftsmanship Draupnir, the gold ring that produces eight new gold rings every ninth night My eight-legged horse, Sleipnir Huginn and Muninn, the ravens of thought and memory My wolves, Freki and Geri |
| Activities | Choosing the best of the slain Vikings to populate my hall Learning seið (sorcery) from Freyja Starting wars and leading battles Searching for wisdom Knowing the past, present, and future Playing Little Big Planet |
| Groups | Kings of the Gods Wise Men War Leaders Sacrificial Lambs Big Cheeses of Asgard World Creators Mensa |