Odin is the Almighty Father Tuerto de los Nordicos. pantheon. His wife is Frigg, the goddess of wisdom. Odin carries out war and gives strength to his allies.

Folklore

Odin governs the Aesir, who constantly fight against frost giants that would throw into the world into eternal darkness and winter.

At first, ice giants ruled all lands from their plane known as Ginnungagop. Odin killed the ice giant and mirror and created the earth with his body. Odin has an eight -legged horse called Sleipnir. His two crows are called Hunin and Munin. The birds fly in all directions, collecting news to whisper to the ears of the almighty.

Odin sacrificed one of his eyes in the Mimir well, under the tree of the world Yggdrasil. Of this same tree, Odin hung for nine days and nine nights, crossed by his own ash launches to acquire knowledge about the nine worlds.

Namely, and from top to bottom, the worlds are Asgard, Alfheim, five at the same level Midgard, Jotunheim, Muspelheimr, Vanaheim and Niflheim. Below Svartalfheim and Helheim.

In modern popular fiction, Odin is represented as a kind of villain. It has appeared repeatedly in books by the author Neil Gaiman as a kind of cheerful scammer that is worse embaunty than Odin himself. Loki

In Marvel Comics Odin he is portrayed as a destructive character, who often undoes what his heroic son Thor tries to do.

Ways to honor Odin

If you feel attracted to this Nordic God and want to invite and welcome your energy in your life, there are many ways to do it. Try the following ideas to honor Odin and thank his blessings.

Enjoy a feast

A very fun way to venerate Odin is to celebrate a banquet in his honor. Prepare a meal to share with friends and loved ones that is similar to the one that our Nordic ancestors would have consumed.

Traditionally, this feast included sandwich and smoked salmon with rye bread, in addition to abundant food. asparagus and leeks. And, if you want to include them, a bottle or two of hydromiel or red wine.

Mount an altar

Create an altar dedicated to Odin to connect with this important God. The colors that you must incorporate into your altar are those that correspond to Odin: black, gray and navy blue. The parsley, the olmo leaves, the myrrh and the burnt ash leaves are also great to include.

Add small statues, images or other representations of spears, wolves and crows to your altar, all associated with Odin.

The Volknut symbol (formed by three intertwined triangles) is also closely related to this God, so also add to your altar a drawing of this symbol or jewelry that contains it.

Give him time

To honor Odin, consider the possibility of giving your time to an organization that needs volunteers.

Any beneficial organization or group that you choose will venerate Odin if you establish the clear intention of doing so, although the beneficial veteran organizations and those of animal rescue and care can be the most appropriate options for this particular god.

Odin and number nine

The nine is a sacred number for Odin. As a sacrifice, the God hung from Yggdrasil (a sacred tree in Nordic cosmology also known as the world of the world) for nine days and nine nights. At the end of this time, Odin was starving and dehydrated, but he had won the runes.

The three Volknut triangles, each with three sides, represent the sacred number of God, and those who wish to honor Odin often choose to incorporate the number nine into their practice.

For example, you can reflect Odin’s sacrifice renouncing sweets or alcohol for nine days and nine nights or leaving an offering for Odin the ninth day of each month.

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