Odin God of War Ragnarok: Origin and Relations in Nordic Mythology

As we eagerly await the release of God of War Ragnarök, we offer a series of articles dedicated to the important cast characters, starting with the Almighty Odin . Absent from God of War 2018, the Nordic god should quickly disturb Rates and Loki, as trailers show him appearing in front of his house.

• Family
• His name
• God of what?
• How can we recognize it?
• Creator of the universe
• The war of the gods
• Odin and Mimic
• The wild hunt
• o Ragnarök
• Odin: Origin and relationship between the characters
• Odin: Function and attributes
• mythological references and possible connection with the game

Odin: Origin and relationship between the characters

Family

Odin is considered the main God (a kind of Zeus) of the Nordic pantheon. Son of For and Giant Bestla, he has two others: Vila and VE. Among them form the first air **, race of the main gods and creators of the universe and humans.

Odin has many children of different women, whose mentions vary according to the texts. From your wedding with Frigga Balder (or Balder), Holder and Herod are born. Already Thor and Mali are the result of the union with Word. To top it off, we have agg, Vicar and Valid of different lovers, and football , son of nine mothers.

His name

This name, derived from the word ODR in ancient Nordic, refers to the notions of fury , passion , inspiration . But Odin is a god who changes shape and therefore sometimes appears under other names: Alford (Pie of all) , blind (o blind) , fjolsvid/Jolson (o great sage) , Hoard (o Carlo) and many others....

In all, there are more than 200 nicknames and/or alternative names that may correspond to a mythological episode or even describe an Odin physical or moral particularity.

Odin: Function and attributes

God of what?

Odin has many roles and functions that correspond to their many facets. At the same time wise and ave, he is also a God who hides and knows to be cunning .

Moreover, he often appears as ** the god of knowledge, the dead, victory in war, but also of magic and poetry. Look at the nine worlds, connected to the earth by a rainbow.

He welcomes to the fallen warriors in Valhalla . During the day, he prepares them for Ragnarök's final battle, while at night invites them to a large feast.

How can we recognize it?

Odin is generally described as an elderly man, bearded and corn , sometimes wearing clothes of tramp ** like a hat, a cover, a stick.

The God has two crows called Hug in (thought) and Bunin (memory) that he sends to spy on the nine worlds, and two wolves Germ (balance) and Free (violence) that often reside in your palace. Odin also has a private riding: leaner (What that flat in the air), an eight-legged horse, capable of moving over the seas and air, and traveling between worlds.

Odin finally has two items that set him apart: The Draper gold ring that multiplies nine every nine days and a spear called Gunner , which he launches on battles to designate the winners.

mythological references and possible connection with the game

Creator of the universe

After killing the original giant Ymir, Odin and his others use his corpse to create Midgard, the world of men. They create the first humans of Old and Real wood.

From the Ymir Preface corpse the dwarves are also born. Odin modifies them so that they can survive, But the Bane to the underground kingdom of Waldheim due to their cruel nature. It is in this kingdom that black elves also live.

The war of the gods

A war, the first in the universe, saw opposite two families of gods : the air (commanded by Odin) and the Vania. No one wins this war that ends with a hostage exchange and the united clans.

Odin and Mimic

During this hostage exchange, Mimic was beheaded and returned to Air. However, Odin manages to resurrect his head and places it under a Yggdrasil root near a source of which he becomes the guardian.

He was wanting to drink from this source to recover his wisdom that Odin would have lost his eye, the price of knowledge claimed by Mimic.

The wild hunt

With no offense to Gerald de The Witcher, Odin would be the leader of the wild hunt, accompanied by his daughters the Valkyrie. In this legend, shared by many peoples of the north, Odin would cross the sky to release nature and its elements.

o Ragnarök

Final spoiler. Show During Ragnarök, the prophetic end of the world announced to Odin by a clairvoyant, the god will find death , killed by the wolf Henri. Odin will be rapidly avenged, Vicar (son of Odin) will rip off Henri's jaw, killing something from his father.