Odin
Odin · Allfather of Norse Myth — God of Wisdom, War, and Death
Odin (Old Norse Odin, Proto-Germanic Wodanaz, 'the one of frenzy, ecstasy, inspiration') is the decisive canonical chief god, the All-Father (Alfodr) of all gods and humans, and the god of wisdom, poetry, war, death, runes, and seidr magic of the Aesir (Aesir) in Norse mythology, and the decisive canonical iconographic figure as the grandson of the giant Buri (Buri), son of Borr (Borr) and Bestla (Bestla), who together with his brothers Vili (Vili) and Ve (Ve) killed the primordial giant Ymir (Ymir) and created the world from his body. The etymology is the decisive canonical vocabulary derived from the Old Norse Odin or Proto-Germanic Wodanaz ('frenzy, ecstasy, inspiration'), cognate with the English Wednesday (Old English Wodnesdaeg, 'Woden's day'), the German Mittwoch, and the Latin furor (frenzy). The decisive textual canon is the Prose Edda (Prose Edda) of c. 1220 of the early 13th-century Icelandic poet-historian Snorri Sturluson (Snorri Sturluson, 1179-1241) — chapters 6-9 (creation), 15 (Mimir's well), and 51 (Ragnarok) of Gylfaginning (Gylfaginning) — and the Voluspa (Voluspa), Havamal (Havamal) stanzas 138-141, Grimnismal (Grimnismal), and Vafthrudnismal (Vafthrudnismal) of the Poetic Edda (Poetic Edda) of the c. 1270 Codex Regius (Codex Regius) manuscript are the decisive poetic canon, and the decisive canonical iconography of sacrificing one eye to the well (Mimisbrunnr) of Mimir (Mimir) to gain cosmic wisdom, and hanging himself on Yggdrasil (Yggdrasill) for 9 days to learn the runes (runir).