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Who was Odin?
Odin is, according to the mythology of the Scandinavians (Norway,Sweden, and Denmark), the all father and ruler of the gods. He was"born" when Ymir, the first being, a frost g…iant, slept. The warmthof his breath melted the ice near him and Odin came out. Odinkilled Ymir, and of his skull made the Earth. Odin had many sons, his most notable being Thor, God of Thunder.Early depictions show Odin as a Soldier, clad in armor and carryinghis Spear, Gungnir. Later depictions show him as an old man,wearing a straw hat and a long beard, somewhat similar to J.R.R.Tolkiens Gandalf the Grey. He sacrificed one of his eyes in orderto gain the ability to see the future. He saw, in the future,RagNaRok, an apocalyptic clash between the Gods and the Giants. To prepare a suitable army for RagNaRok, he established Valhalla, awonderful afterlife for those who had fallen in battle. InValhalla, warriors fight all day, usually until none are left. Atnight everyone's wounds are healed, and they feast on theregenerative boar, named Skrimir. There are two Ravens that sit on Odin's shoulders, Hugin and Munin,who tell him of major events and goings on. There are two wolvesthat lie at Odin's feet, and Odin gives all the meat he has tothem, as Mead acts as both food and drink for the God. Odin is the "chief" (Not the king) of the Aesir tribe. He isassociated with poetry, death, wisdom and battle. Its said that hefavors or curses soldiers, shakling them or blessing them inberserk. He calls those to Valhalla, Hall of the Slain, building anarmy. He wanders the world in search on knowledge, usually in a widebrimmed hat or blue cloak, mingling among humans. In his search for knowledge, he plucked out his eye and dropped itinto the Well of Mimir. He has two ravens, Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory). He also hastwo wolves, Freki and Guki. His raves are sent out into the worldevery day to bring him back information. Odin eats nothing, feeding his bits of the boar that is cooked eachday at Valhalla to his wolves and existing off of mead. He is alsoresponsible for bringing the Mead of Poetry to the Aesir. Odin wasknown by over 250 names. Human sacrifices were made in his name. Odin's wife is Frigga, who knows all and sees all but says nothing. -- The Norse god Odin is the all father of Norse mythology. He is theleader of all of the Norse gods, and the father of Thor. Odin cansee into the future thanks to two crows that sit on his shoulders.The crows are named "thought" and "memory", and with their help heknows that the gods are doomed to die at the end of the world, alsoknown as 'Ragnarok'. Even though he knows the gods are destined tolose, Odin initiates the creation of Val Hala (Valhalla), where allthe Viking warriors go when they die, to prepare for the finalbattle at Ragnarok. There are many more stories about Odin, trylooking him up on a site called encyclopediamythica. ( Full Answer )