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Odin's Day

Language	Name of Day	Meaning
English	Wednesday	Wodan's day
Old Norse	Oðensdagr	Odin's day
Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish	Onsdag	Odin's day
Dutch	Woensdag	Wodan's day
Modern Icelandic	Miðvikdagur	Mid-week day
Modern German	Mittwoch	Mid-week
Latin	Mercurii dies	Mercury's day
Italian	Mercoledì	Mercury's day
French	Mecredi	Mercury's day

Writings Attributed to Odin

Hávamál: The Words of Odin the High One. From the Elder or Poetic Edda.

Survivals of Odin in Christian Northern Europe

Wild Huntsman Legends.
The Stone of Odin (Orkney Islands).
The Temple of the Moon, The Temple of the Sun, and Wodden's Stone (Orkney Islands).

Depictions of Odin

Motifs associated with Odin include an eight-legged horse, a spear, a missing eye, and two ravens.

The illustration on the right is a detail from a standing stone found on the Island of Gotland, Sweden. It depicts Odin astride his eight-legged horse Sleipnir. Click here to see the entire picture stone.
This small copper alloy figure is possibly a representation of Odin, who gave one eye in exchange for wisdom. The statue belongs to the Statens Historiska Museet, Navavagen, Sweden.

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Revised June 2, 1998.

The illustration on the right is a detail from a standing stone found on the Island of Gotland, Sweden. It depicts Odin astride his eight-legged horse Sleipnir. Click here to see the entire picture stone.
	This small copper alloy figure is possibly a representation of Odin, who gave one eye in exchange for wisdom. The statue belongs to the Statens Historiska Museet, Navavagen, Sweden.