Wotan
Odin, especially in his continental Germanic form.
“Wotan, finding that there is no escape, turns for help and advice to Loge, the God of Evil, the spirit of flickering, treacherous fire, the master of cunning and deceit; and he introduces to gods and giants the lust for gold.”
“In Anglo-Saxon mythology, kings were descended from Wotan, or Odin, the high god of the Teutonic pantheon.”
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Borrowed from German Wotan. Doublet of Woden and Odin.
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