Who was the Norse god Od?

Answer 1

Od is the Norse God of Summer, husband of Freya. When he left her, an eternal winter descended on the world. She hurt so badly that she shed golden tears and transformed her body into that of a bird so she could find him. She found him lounging beneath a tree, and upon seeing her, he fell in love with her all over. Seeing that he was fickle and she could never fully trust him, she turned him into a sea monster so that no other woman would ever desire him. Because of this nature, he must periodically return to the sea. When he is with her, it is summer. When he must leave, it is winter.

He is not the same god as Odin, though some have speculated they could be related because of the similarity of the names. However, in more primitive versions of the Norse language, Odin is referred to as Wodan and Od as Odr. So they are separate entities.