List of names of Odin

Then said Gangleri: "Exceeding many names have ye given him; and, by my faith, it must indeed be a goodly wit that knows all the lore and the examples of what chances have brought about each of these names." Then Hárr made answer: "It is truly a vast sum of knowledge to gather together and set forth fittingly.

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Odin

Odin

Odin , is considered the chief ?sir in Norse paganism. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxons Woden and the Old High German Wotan, it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz or *Wodanaz....
 (Old Norse

Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 Óðinn), the chief god of Norse mythology

Norse mythology

Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the beliefs, myths and legends of the Norse paganism of the North Germanic language people, including those who settled on Faroe Islands and Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled....
, was referred to by more than 200 names in the skald

Skald

The skald was a member of a group of poets, whose courtly poetry is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking age, who composed and performed renditions of aspects of what we now characterise as Old Norse poetry ....
ic and Eddic

Edda

The term Edda applies to the Old Norse Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, both of which were written down in medieval Iceland during the 13th century....
 traditions.

Then said Gangleri: "Exceeding many names have ye given him; and, by my faith, it must indeed be a goodly wit that knows all the lore and the examples of what chances have brought about each of these names." Then Hárr made answer: "It is truly a vast sum of knowledge to gather together and set forth fittingly. But it is briefest to tell thee that most of his names have been given him by reason of this chance: there being so many branches of tongues in the world, all peoples believed that it was needful for them to turn his name into their own tongue, by which they might the better invoke him and entreat him on their own behalf. But some occasions for these names arose in his wanderings; and that matter is recorded in tales. Nor canst thou ever be called a wise man if thou shalt not be able to tell of those great events." Gylfaginning, XX,

See also

• List of names of Thor
  List of names of Thor
  
  The Norse mythology god Thor is referred to by many names in Old Norse poetry and Old Norse literature. Some of the names come from e.g. the Prose Edda list Nafna?ulur, and are not attested elsewhere....
  
• List of kennings
  List of kennings
  
  A kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic language poetry.This list does not pretend to be comprehensive....
  
• Names of God in Old English poetry
  Names of God in Old English poetry
  
  In Old English language poetry, many descriptive names of God were used to satisfy alliterative verse. These epithets include:...