WODEN

wōˈdən; German vōˈdĭn, Norse Odinōˈdĭn, in Germanic religion and mythology, the supreme god. His cult, although widespread among the Germanic tribes, was sometimes subordinated to that of his son Thor. With his brothers, Woden fashioned the earth and the sky from the dead body of the giant Ymir, and from an ash tree and an alder he created the first man and woman. As chief of the gods of Asgard he established the laws that governed the universe and controlled the destiny of humanity. At his court at Valhalla he was attended by the Valkyries. Woden was widely known as a god of war, but he was important also as a god of learning, of poetry, and of magic. His wife was Frigg, and his children included Thor, Balder, and Tiw. He was identified with the Roman god Mercury, and among Germanic peoples Mercury's day became Woden's day (Wednesday). In Richard Wagner's opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Woden is called Wotan.

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books on: Woden  - 421 results

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The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry from Its Beginnings to the Accession of King Aelfred
Book by Stopford A. Brooke; Macmillan, 1892
Subjects: English Poetry--Old English, Ca. 450-1100--History And Criticism, Poetry
...says would suggest to their readers that Woden was a god of the English, much less their...genealogies in the Chronicle ended with Woden, but this is not the case. The complete...those of Penda and Offa, go back to Woden, and no farther. The two Northumbrian...
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From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200
Book by Rachel Fulton; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Europe--Church History--600-1500, Europe--Religious Life And Customs, Jesus Christ--Cult--Europe, Mary--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion To--Europe
...of pagan Germanic iconography in which Woden appears in his aspect of seer and god of...Christ and the dove) on the other (Woden and the ravens) so that both are present...poet forces his audience to see Christ in Woden and Woden in Christ, simultaneously allowing...
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Race and Ethnicity in Anglo-Saxon Literature
Book by Stephen J. Harris; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: England--Ethnic Relations--History--To 1500, England--Race Relations--History--To 1500, English Literature--Old English, Ca. 450-1100--History And Criticism, Ethnic Groups In Literature, Ethnic Relations In Literature, Ethnicity In Literature, Germanic Peoples In Literature, Kinship In Literature, Race In Literature, Race Relations In Literature
the calls Woden "regis barbarorum" ("a king of the...present day"). 37 This historicizing of Woden is not unique to AEthelweard nor to the...tradition. Aelred of Rievaulx also treats Woden as a historical person. Aelred was born...
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From Magic to Science: Essays on the Scientific Twilight
Book by Charles Singer; Boni and Liveright, 1928
Subjects: Gildas--516?-570?, Hildegard--Saint--1098-1179, Medicine, Magic, Mystic, And Spagiric, Medicine--History, Science--History
...A good example of such a charm invoking Woden is to be found in a tenth-century Old...Saxony: Phol ende Wodan Phol Balder and Woden vuorun zi holza fared to a wood; do wart...do biguolen Wodan Then charmed Woden so he wola conda as well he knew how sose...
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The Saxon & Norman Kings
Book by Christopher Brooke; B.T. Batsford, 1963
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Anglo Saxon Period, 449-1066, Great Britain--History--Norman Period, 1066-1154, Great Britain--Kings And Rulers
were Woden, Geat and Seth. These links were all forged...Saxon kingdoms claimed to be descended from Woden. Oddly enough, the West Saxons seem in...was added, and so Cerdic was linked to Woden; and Woden became the common ancestor of...
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Royal and Ecclesiastical Rivalries in Bede's History
Journal article by George Hardin Brown; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 52, 1999
Subjects: Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers, Religion and state--Analysis, Sacrifice--History, Violence in literature--Analysis
...that founding deity was the war-god Woden, although for the East Saxons it was Seaxnet...in Germany (Davis 24-26).(2) "Woden was an appropriate progenitor for rulers...sacrificed by Ivarr to Othinn (the Scandinavian Woden) in a particularly gruesome way: the...
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Three Notes on Swords in Beowulf
Journal article by William Cooke; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003
Subjects: Beowulf (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Epic poetry--Criticism and interpretation
...com snican, toslat he man; thorna genam Woden nigon wuldortanas, sloh etha thorna naeddran...came creeping, it wounded a man; then Woden took nine twigs of glory, then struck...Godfrid Storms explained this as follows: Woden takes nine glory-twigs, by which are...
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Sticks or Stones? the Story of Imma in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 41 of the Old English Bede, and Old English Tan ('Twig')
Journal article by Peter Orton; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Historical lexicology--Research, Runes--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Wyrm com snican, toslat he man; da genam Woden VIIII wuldortanas, sloh da pa naeddran...serpent came crawling, it bit someone; then Woden took nine glory-twigs and struck the...victory that anyone (in this case the god Woden) who wields such tanas may achieve. The...
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Fritz Lang's Definitive Siegfried and Its Versions
Journal article by Victoria M. Stiles; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 13, 1985
Subjects: Critics, Motion picture directors & producers, States
...example in intertitle 9 we read about a "Woden Wood." It is true there is a Germanic God called "Wodan" (in English Odin) but no "Woden" and as far as Langs original text is concerned no "Woden Wood."10 Intertitle 10 in Film B continues...
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Debating Indigenous Issues: More Continuity Than Change
Journal article by Melissa Johns, Will Sanders; Australian Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 40, 2005
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians--Cultural policy, Australia--Cultural policy, Australian aborigines--Cultural policy, Indigenous peoples-government relations--History, Professional journals--Analysis, Professional journals--Influence, Social policy--History
...needs (Kamien 1976: 199-200). In 1977 D L Webber from Woden Valley Hospital linked the realization that social and economic...Tomlinson 1978). This provoked a response from D L Webber of Woden Valley Hospital that emphasized the importance of using part...
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Canberra Care
Magazine article by Peter Wislocki; The Architectural Review, Vol. 196, July 1994
Subjects: Buildings--Design and construction, Canberra, Australia--Hospitals, Hospitals--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...architects own account of the genesis of Woden Valley Hospitals new diagnostic and treatment...assembly of objects in a green landscape. At Woden Valley, as at St Marys, the quality of...require highly controlled conditions. Woden Valleys system employs air-cooled chillers...
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The Diffusionists Have Landed : You've Probably Heard of Those Crackpot Theories about Ancient Phoenicians or Chinese in the New World. Maybe It's Time to Start Paying Attention
Magazine article by Marc K. Stengel; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, January 2000
Subjects: Emigration and immigration--History, United States--History
...of a Bronze Age Nordic king whom Fell identified as Woden-lithi. "Woden-lithi, of Ringerike the great king, instructed...Saharan Berber people known as the Tuareg. It is as if Woden-lithis scribe used symbols from the Classical Greek...
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Diffusionists Have Landed: You've Probably Heard of Those Crackpot Theories about Ancient Phoenicians or Chinese in the New World. Maybe It's Time to Start Paying Attention
Magazine article by Mark K. Stengel; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, January 2000
Subjects: America, Archaeology--Methods, Native American history--History, Native North Americans--History, Native South Americans--History
...of a Bronze Age Nordic king whom Fell identified as Woden-lithi. "Woden-lithi, of Ringerike the great king, instructed...Saharan Berber people known as the Tuareg. It is as if Woden-lithis scribe used symbols from the Classical Greek...
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Around the Nation
Magazine article by Laura Wolff Scanlan; Humanities, Vol. 31, July 2010
Subjects: Academic libraries, Books, Congregational churches, Cultural centers, Fairs & exhibitions, Folklore, Parks & recreation areas, Teachers
...Texas Maritime Museum in Rockport through Aug. 31. The exhibition features watercolors by this Texas artist. VERMONT Author Woden Teachout gives a talk as part of "Capture the Flag: A Political History of American Patriotism" at the First Congregational...
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Birth of George I
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 60, May 2010
Subjects: George I, King of Great Britain--Biography, Kings and rulers--Biography, Kings--Biography
...George I of Great Britain and Ireland, to be hailed by an over-excited English poet as a direct descendant of the Germanic god Woden. He still spoke only rudimentary English. The first of Britains new Hanoverian dynasty died 13 years later in 1727 on a visit...
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newspaper articles on: Woden  - 55 results

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Peterborough; Heartwarming, Eccentric and Funny . . . It's the Column That Belongs Entirely to You, the Reader
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 4, 2004
...German Sea, He was down the line from Woden, pray reader do not mock, And he wed...Saxon bold, He was down the line from Woden, a story often told. When raiding up...son, indeed, He was down the line from Woden, a most essential seed, So off he went...
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EDM Has Ambitious Plans to Grow Services on New Site; TECHNOLOGY
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 13, 2007
...which employs 300 people at its site in Woden Road, is planning to relocate to a new...forward. As a team we are moving beyond what Woden Road has been able to offer us and we are...condition of the existing building. The Woden Road site, built in the Victorian-era...
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MUM DIED AFTER FALL; Payout after Care Home Blunder
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), June 20, 2010
Subjects: Accidental falls, Falls (Accidents), Nursing homes
...previously, died following treatment at Woden Resource Centre, in Wednesfield, and...Last week both the council, which runs Woden Resource Centre, and the hospital accepted...would regularly go for respite care at Woden Resource Centre. But Karen and the rest...
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DOUBLE MURDER TRAGEDY; Family Shock as Couple Are Found Dead
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 25, 2011
...were found by a relative at their home in Woden Road, Wolverhampton, on Friday night...Police said Mr and Mrs Massaro lived at Woden Road for a number of years and were originally...whos bodies were found at an address in Woden Road, Wolverhampton, on Good Friday
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FOOTBALL: Hill Top Lions March on after Firing the Magnificent Seven; SANDWELL
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), November 10, 2004
...followed up last weeks first win by beating Athletico Woden 6-4 in District Three. Woden were 2-1 up at one stage through Andrew Martin...the six. Michael Davies fired two late goals for Woden. WELL IN: Bramptons Gallagher is challenged by...
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encyclopedia articles on: Woden  - 8 results

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Woden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WODEN wo d n; German vo din, Norse Odin o din...that of his son Thor. With his brothers, Woden fashioned the earth and the sky from the...Valhalla he was attended by the Valkyries. Woden was widely known as a god of war, but he...
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Germanic Religion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...according to some accounts consisted of 12 principal deities, had Woden (Odin) as its chief god. Other important deities were Tiw...abode. The most beautiful of the palaces was Valhalla ; there Woden, attended by the Valkyries , gave banquets to the dead heroes...
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Odin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ODIN Norse god: see Woden . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Essex , Anglo-Saxon Kingdom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...settled probably in the early 6th cent. by Saxons who traced their royal line back to a continental Saxon god instead of to Woden, as did the rulers of other early kingdoms. Essex eventually included the modern counties of Essex and Middlesex, most of...
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Frigg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRIGG or Frigga, Norse mother goddess and the wife of Odin (Woden). One of the most important goddesses of Germanic religion, she was queen of the heavens, a deity of love and the household...
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