Deity Æsir
Odin
Widely attested deity in Norse mythology
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Odin
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 31
Kinship in an account 30
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Bestla Norse mythical character
- child of (child) Borr Norse mythical character
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parent of (father) Baldur Norse god associated with light, beauty, love and happiness -
parent of (father) Bragi skaldic god of poetry in Norse mythology - parent of (child) Göte Swedish mythological king
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parent of (child) Heimdall Watchman of the gods, and the guardian of the gods' stronghold in Norse mythology -
parent of (father) Hermod Norse deity - parent of (child) Hildólfr character in Norse mythology
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parent of (father) Höðr Norse deity - parent of (child) Ítreksjóð god
- parent of (father) Meili Norse deity
- parent of (child) Sæmingr Nordic mythology character
- parent of (child) Sigi father of Rerir in Norse mythology
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parent of (child) Skjöldr king of the Danes -
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parent of (father) Thor hammer-wielding Norse god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oaks, strength, and fertility -
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parent of (father) Tyr Germanic deity -
parent of (father) Váli Norse deity -
parent of (father) Víðarr Norse deity - parent of (child) Winta mythical ancestor of Anglo-Saxon kings
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partner of Freyja goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr in Norse mythology -
partner of (spouse) Frigg Norse deity - partner of Gríðr Norse female jötunn
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partner of Gunnlöð giantess in Norse mythology -
partner of Jörð Earth goddess in Norse mythology
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Accounts
Where Odin appears
Each work is its own account. Where two disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand.
What this means
Works this figure is recorded as appearing in. Each is an account, not a chapter of one story: where two of them disagree about a parent or a deed, both readings stand and this site keeps the disagreement. The earliest account below is computed from these works, not stated by any source — a fact about which texts this collection holds and when they were written, not a date for the figure, who has none, and not a floor for the tradition, which is older than anything that survives of it.
Connections
How Odin connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Identification 7
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- identified with Billy Blind household sprite in British folklore
- identified with Gestumblindi Norse mythical character
- identified with Grímnir name used by Odin in Grímnismál
- identified with Hildólfr character in Norse mythology
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identified with Mercury Roman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel - identified with Wōdan Germanic war deity
- identified with Woden mythical ancestor of Anglo-Saxon kings
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
42 statements on this record
- 33 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 8 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
- 1 Hedged in the source The source said circa, allegedly or presumably. This does not turn that into a date.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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