Odin (disambiguation)
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Odin
is the chief god of the Norse pantheon.
Odin may also refer to:
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Odin
Odin is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon "Wōden" and the Old High German "Wotan", the name is descended from Proto-Germanic "*Wodanaz" or "*Wōđanaz"....
is the chief god of the Norse pantheon.
Odin may also refer to:
People
Given name- Odin Langen (1913-1976), American politician and U.S. Representative from Minnesota
Surname
- Cécile OdinCécile OdinCécile Odin is a French international cyclist active from 1983-1996. Odin raced in two Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988, finishing 11th & 28th in the Women's Road Race. She made 3rd place overall in the Women's Tour de France in 1985 and 1994, winning stage 6 in 1994...
(born 1965), French cyclist - Jaishree OdinJaishree OdinJaishree Odin is a post-modern literary theorist who teaches at the University of Hawaii. She has examined the feminist angle to mysticism and considered the current relevance of Shaivite theories of higher consciousness....
(b. 1952), academic at the University of Hawaii - Jean OdinJean OdinJean Ernest Sébastien Odin was a French politician.Odin was born in Bordeaux, where his father worked as a ship's captain. At a young age Odin moved to Noumea, New Caledonia, where his father had been transferred, and attended school there.Upon his return to France, Odin became a lawyer's clerk...
(1889–1975), French politician - Jean-Marie OdinJean-Marie OdinJean-Marie Odin, C.M. was a French Roman Catholic missionary, first Bishop of Galveston , and second Archbishop of New Orleans .-Biography:...
(1807-1870), French Roman Catholic missionary, first Bishop of Galveston, and second Archbishop of New Orleans
Places
United States- Odin, IllinoisOdin, IllinoisOdin is a village in Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,122 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Odin is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
, a village - Odin Township, Marion County, IllinoisOdin Township, Marion County, IllinoisOdin Township is located in Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,711 at the 2000 census.- External links :***...
- Odin, MinnesotaOdin, MinnesotaOdin is a city in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States, along the South Fork of the Watonwan River. The population was 106 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, a city - Odin, MissouriOdin, MissouriOdin is a community or populated place located in Wright County. Latitude 37.268, longitude -92.618. The elevation is 1,250 feet. Odin appears on the Hartville U.S. Geological Survey Map. Wright County is in the Central time zone . This community observes Daylight savings...
, a community
Elsewhere
- Odin MineOdin MineOdin Mine is a disused lead mine in the Peak District National Park, situated at grid reference . It lies on a site of 25 hectares near the village of Castleton, England. It is the oldest documented mine in Derbyshire and is thought to be one of the oldest lead mines in England...
, Peak District, England - Mount Odin (British Columbia)Mount Odin (British Columbia)Mount Odin is a mountain in British Columbia, Canada. The mountain was likely named by George Dawson as his map contains the earliest known appearance of the name....
, Canada - Mount OdinMount OdinMount Odin is a mountain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Auyuittuq National Park along the Akshayuk Pass, north of Pangnirtung and south of Mount Asgard. Mount Odin is the highest mountain on Baffin Island....
, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada - 3989 Odin3989 Odin3989 Odin is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Poul Jensen in 1986. It is named after Odin, the king of the gods in Norse mythology....
, an asteroid - Odin PlanitiaOdin PlanitiaOdin Planitia is a large basin on Mercury located in the Tolstoj quadrangle at 23.3° N, 171.6° W. It was named after the Norse god Odin in 1976 by the IAU. A large volcanic dome 7 km in diameter and 1.4 km high is situated near the center of Odin....
, a basin on Mercury
In the military
- Odin class submarineOdin class submarineThe Odin class submarine was a class of nine submarines developed and built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. The prototype was followed by two ships originally ordered for the Royal Australian Navy, but transferred to the RN in 1931 because of the poor economic situation in Australia, and six...
, developed by the British Royal Navy in the 1920s - Odin class coastal defense shipOdin class coastal defense shipThe Odin class was a pair of coastal defense ships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the late 19th century. The class comprised two ships: , named after the Norse god Odin, and , named after the Norse god of the same name...
, of the German Imperial Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries- SMS OdinSMS OdinSMS Odin was the lead ship of the Odin class of coastal defence ships of the Kaiserliche Marine . It was named after the Norse god Odin. It was laid down on 15 April 1893....
, one of the two ships of the class
- SMS Odin
- HNoMS OdinHNoMS OdinHNoMS Odin was a Sleipner class destroyer that entered service with the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1939. She and the other Sleipner class vessels were built as part of a Norwegian rearmament scheme in the last years leading up to the Second World War...
, several warships of the Royal Norwegian Navy - HMS OdinHMS OdinFive ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Odin after the god Odin in Norse mythology. A sixth was ordered, but later cancelled: was a 74-gun third rate captured from the Danish at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. She was used for harbour service from 1811 and was sold in 1825. was a paddle...
, several warships of the Royal Navy - Danish ironclad Odin (1872)Danish ironclad Odin (1872)Gorm was a Danish central battery ironclad, named for the chief god from Norse legend....
- Task Force ODINTask Force ODINTask Force ODIN, whose name is an acronym for Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize, is a United States Army aviation battalion created in August 2006 to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition operations to combat insurgent operators of improvised explosive devices in...
(Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize), a United States Army aviation battalion - Bristol OdinBristol OdinThe Bristol Odin is a ramjet engine originally developed by Bristol Siddeley Engines, later taken over by Rolls-Royce. Odin was specifically designed to power the Sea Dart missile. Unlike the earlier Thor ramjet powering the Bristol Bloodhound missile, Odin is an integral part of the Sea Dart...
, a ramjet engine for the British Sea Dart missile
In science and technology
- Odin (satellite)Odin (satellite)Odin is a Swedish satellite working in two disciplines; astrophysics and aeronomy, and it was named after god Odin. Within the field of astrophysics, Odin is used in the study of star formation...
, an artificial satellite - ODIN (cable system)ODIN (cable system)ODIN was a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.It was 1040 km in length and used Synchronous Digital Hierarchy technology and had two 2.5Gbit/s lines and can simultaneously carry 30,000 telephone calls...
, a submarine telecommunications cable system linking the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden - ODIN technologiesODIN technologiesODIN provides RFID software and solutions for the Aerospace, Government, Healthcare, Financial Services and Social Media markets.ODIN provides RFID services and RFID software....
, RFID integrator based in Virginia - Odin (software)Odin (software)In computing, Odin is a project to run Microsoft Windows programs on OS/2 or convert them to OS/2 native format. It also provides the Odin32 API to compile Win32 programs for OS/2.The project's goals are:...
, project to run Microsoft Windows programs on OS/2 or convert them to OS/2 native format
In entertainment
- Odin (album)Odin (album)Odin is a concept album about Norse mythology by German power metal bandWizard.-Track listing:All songs written & arranged by: WizardAll lyrics written by: Volker Leson#"The Prophecy" - 5:19#"Betrayer" - 4:53#"Dead Hope" - 6:02...
, by German band Wizard - Odin (Loudness EP)Odin (Loudness EP)Odin is an EP by Japanese band Loudness. It was released in 1985 only in Japan in two versions, with and without the instrumental tracks. All the tracks were used for the soundtrack of the Japanese anime movie Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight.-Track listing:...
, whose tracks were used for the movie Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight - Odin: Photon Sailer StarlightOdin: Photon Sailer Starlight, also known as Odin: Starlight Mutiny is a 1985 Japanese anime film produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki's West Cape Corporation which was previously known for Space Battleship Yamato...
, 1985 Japanese animated science fiction movie - Odin Computer GraphicsOdin Computer GraphicsOdin Computer Graphics were a Liverpool-based computer games developer who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a variety of titles for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers.-History:...
, UK-based games developer during the 1980s - Kamen Rider Odin, character from Kamen Rider Ryuki
- Odin, a character, based on the Norse god, in Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman
- OdinSupernatural (season 5)Season five of Supernatural, an American television series, began airing on September 10, 2009. This is the fourth season to air on the CW television network. Season five regular cast members include Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins....
, a character portraying the Norse god in the show Supernatural - Odin, a reoccurring summon character from the Final FantasyFinal Fantasyis a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
franchise - Odin (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Universe god based on the mythological god
- Odin TeatretOdin TeatretOdin Teatret is a theatre troop based in Holstebro, Denmark. It was founded by Italian theatre director Eugenio Barba in 1964. The Odin is also the base for ISTA, the International School of Theatre Anthropology, founded in 1979, also by Barba, and the Centre for Theatre Laboratory Studies ,...
, Oslo theatre company - Acronym for Orbital Defence Initiative in Philip Reeve's books Infernal Devices and A Darkling Plain
- A competing spy agency to ISIS in the FX animated TV series ArcherArcher (TV series)Archer is an American animated television series created by Adam Reed for the FX network. A preview of the series aired on September 17, 2009. The first season premiered on January 14, 2010. The show carries a TV-MA-LSV rating....
- "Odin, Father of the Aesir" is a card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game
Other uses
- SV Odin HannoverSV Odin HannoverThe SV Odin Hannover is a German rugby union club from Hanover, currently playing in the Regionalliga North. Apart from rugby, the club also offers other sports like association football, gymnastics and handball....
, a German rugby union club - ODIN '59ODIN '59ODIN '59 is a football club from Heemskerk, the Netherlands. The club was founded in 1959, is currently playing in the Hoofdklasse, the second highest tier of amateur football in the Netherlands. ODIN stands for Ons Doel Is Nuttig .-External links:*...
, a Dutch football club - OdinstårnetOdinstårnetOdinstårnet was an observation tower located on Bolbro Bakke in Odense, Denmark. The tower, 177 metres tall, was built in 1934-35 using spare materials from the construction of the first Little Belt Bridge and opened on 29 May 1935. It was the second tallest tower in Europe, surpassed only by...
or Odin Tower, Denmark, second tallest tower in Europe after the Eiffel Tower - Odin Stone, one of the Standing Stones of Stenness in Scotland
See also
- List of names of Odin
- List of places named after *Wodanaz
- Woden (disambiguation)Woden (disambiguation)Woden is the god in Anglo-Saxon paganism corresponding to Norse Odin.toponyms*List of places named after Woden* Woden is a district of the city of Canberra, Australia:** Woden Valley** Woden Town Centre* Woden, Iowa, a small town in the United States...
- Wotan (disambiguation)Wotan (disambiguation)Wotan may refer to:* Wotan, the High German languages variant of Wōden, the Continental West Germanic god corresponding to Norse Odin* Wotan, the version of the god that appears as a character in Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen...
- Oden (disambiguation)Oden (disambiguation)- People with the surname "Oden" :* Beverly Oden , Olympic athlete and volleyball player* Elaina Oden , Olympic athlete and volleyball player* Greg Oden, , basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers...