Is Odin a god or demigod?

Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the main god in Norse mythology. Described as an immensely wise, one-eyed old man, Odin has by far the most varied characteristics of any of the gods and is not only the deity to call upon when war was being prepared but is also the god of poetry, of the dead, of runes, and of magic.
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Is Odin a demi god?

Odin is an All Father, a sort of god of gods. Zeus is also an All Father. His daughter Athena is a full god because her mother is a goddess, his son Hercules is a demi god because his mother is a human.
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What kind of god is Odin?

Odin is the god of war and of the dead. He rules over Valhalla – “the hall of the slain”. All Vikings who died in battle belonged to him. They were collected by his female handmaidens, the valkyries.
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Is Thor a demi god or a god?

Thor is a “demigod,” and any attempt to scientifically explore his otherworldly abilities can be dismissed as such.
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Is Odin considered a god?

Odin, the All-Father

Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the main god in Norse mythology, while also existing in Germanic mythology as Woden (in Old English), Wodan (in Old Franconian), and Wutan or Wuotan (in Old High German).
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Zeus VS Odin: Who Is More POWERFUL? - Mythology Wars



Is Zeus a Odin?

To answer the question right away, Zeus and Odin are not the same, nor have they ever been thought to be the same entity at any point throughout history. Zeus is the king of the gods in Greek mythology, whilst Odin is the king in Norse mythology.
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Who is stronger Zeus or Odin?

Odin has pretty clearly been shown to be demonstrable more powerful than the other gods. Odin's Odinforce has far outstripped anything Zeus's magical lightning bolts have ever done.
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Is Loki a god or a demigod?

Loki is a god in Norse mythology. According to some sources, Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr.
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Is Loki a Demi god?

In conclusion, is Loki the god of mischief?, no, he is not the god of anything according to the Old Norse sagas. However, he can be considered a half-god, since his mother Layfey is an ásynja (female Aesir).
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What god is above Odin?

(21.) Thor is the foremost of them. He is called Asa-Thor, or Oku-Thor.
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Who created Odin?

Buri had a son whose name was Bor, who went on to marry Ymir's daughter, Bestla. With her, he fathered the three gods Odin, Vili and Ve.
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What happened to Odin's eye?

Odin's self-sacrifice

He sacrificed his eye in Mimir's well and he threw himself on his spear Gungnir in a kind of symbolic, ritual suicide. He then hanged himself in Yggdrasil, the tree of life, for nine days and nine nights in order to gain knowledge of other worlds and be able to understand the runes.
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Who was god before Odin?

Creation myths are often among the strangest of all stories, and the Norse version is no exception. We learn how the first god was licked into existence from a block of salty ice by a primeval cow called Auðumbla. That god was called Búri, and he was the grandfather of perhaps the greatest of all the gods, Odin.
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What is Odin's gender?

Odin was a male god of berserkers and also of the out-of-body ecstasy usually associated with women's magic. He displays shamanistic characteristics through his journeys to various otherworlds in search of this wisdom.
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Who is strongest demigod?

Perhaps the most legendary demigod of all time, the Prince of Power lives for the thrill of battle. Hercules is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, and he earned immortality by completing the Twelve Labors. He's a powerful fighter with immeasurable strength who wields a golden mace that is practically indestructible.
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What kind of god is Kratos?

In Greek mythology, Kratos, also known as Cratus or Cratos, is the divine personification of strength. He is the son of Pallas and Styx.
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Who is stronger Thor or Hercules?

Thor is stronger than Hercules. Hercules admits it multiple times in the comics. Is shown multiple times, specially in the 70s during Gerry Conway's run in Thor were they were a team very much like Captain America and Falcon.
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Is Thor MCU a demigod?

A demigod is described as the offspring of a mortal and a god. Thor, in the Norse mythology is a god as he is the offspring of Gaea goddess of the Earth, as Jord and Odin. In the Marvel universe, Thor is a an Asgardian prince who is the same person as in the Norse mythology.
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What language is Jesus name?

Jesus (/ˈdʒiːzəs/) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew and Aramaic name Yeshua or Y'shua (Hebrew: ישוע). As its roots lie in the name Yeshua/Y'shua, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua.
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What is older than the Bible?

The Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh dates back nearly 5,000 years and is thought to be perhaps the oldest written tale on the planet.
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Did Zeus have a child with a human?

Hercules was the illegitimate child of Zeus and a mortal woman, as were Perseus, Helen of Troy and Minos (among other very, very famous offspring of Zeus).
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Who is the strongest Greek god?

Zeus is the strongest of the gods in the Ancient Greek religion because he has both power and intelligence. He is able to ensure that he is not replaced by another, more powerful deity.
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What are the 3 most powerful Greek gods?

The Big Three are the three most powerful gods among the Olympians - Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the three sons of Kronos and Rhea.
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Who is Odin's Father?

In Norse mythology, Borr or Burr (Old Norse: 'son', born; sometimes anglicized Bor, Bör or Bur) was the son of Búri. Borr was the husband of Bestla and the father of Odin, Vili and Vé.
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