Óðinn - Hand-carved Wooden Statue

Hand-carved wooden figure by Frantishak Bagushevich

• H 4.5" x W 2.5"

• Made with Linden Wood

• 100% Handcrafted in Belarus

• Ready-To-Ship

• ONE OF A KIND

*props not included

Old Norse texts portray Óðinn as the son of Bestlɑ and Borr along with two brothers, Vili and Vé, and he fathered many sons, most famously the gods Thor (with Jörð) and Baldr (with Frigg). He is known by hundreds of names. Óðinn is frequently portrayed as one-eyed and long-bearded, wielding a spear named Gungnir or appearing in disguise wearing a cloak and a broad hat. He is often accompanied by his animal familiars—the wolves Geri and Freki and the ravens Huginn and Muninn, who bring him information from all over Miðgarðr—and he rides the flying, eight-legged steed Sleipnir across the sky and into the underworld. In these texts he frequently seeks greater knowledge, most famously by obtaining the Mead of Poetry, and makes wagers with his wife Frigg over his endeavors. He takes part both in the creation of the world by slaying the primordial being Ymir and in giving life to the first two humans Ask and Embla. He also provides mankind knowledge of runic writing and poetry, showing aspects of a culture hero. He has a particular association with the Yule holiday.

Óðinn is also associated with the divine battlefield maidens, the valkyries, and he oversees Valhǫll, where he receives half of those who die in battle, the einherjar, sending the other half to the goddess Freyja's Fólkvangr. Óðinn consults the disembodied, herb-embalmed head of the wise Mímir, who foretells the doom of Ragnarǫk and urges Óðinn to lead the einherjar into battle before being consumed by the monstrous wolf Fenrir. In later folklore, Óðinn sometimes appears as a leader of the Wild Hunt, a ghostly procession of the dead through the winter sky. He is associated with charms and other forms of magic, particularly in Old English and Old Norse texts.