 Abt 215 - 300 (85 years) Has 14 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Odin |
| Birth |
Abt 215 |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
G84X-TF9 |
| Death |
300 |
Mälaren, Svealand, Konungariket Sverige  |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I13953 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family |
Frigg, b. Abt 219 d. Abt 247 (Age 28 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 236 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F7206 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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- The most famous of Norse Gods, but very likely derived from an actua l h i s torical person. Many of the old Icelandic and Nordic sagas and do cume n t s speak of this man, sometimes with magical powers. Odin migrate d fr o m As gard (near Byzantium). He brought his cheif priest, Njord, wi th h i m and t hey settled in Uppland Sweden, near present day Stockholm . Al l o f the Ang lo-Saxon and Scandinavian Kings trace their direct mal e anc estr y to Odin. As shown in this genealogy, there are no fewer tha n 8 o f hi s many son s that are direct ancestors of Frida Rage.
Odin's wife, Skade was a daughter of Tjatse. Skade was first marri e d t o N jord, but did not want him, so instead she married Odin. Odin h a d man y so ns. Sæming was one of the sons of Odin and Skade, accordin g t o Snorr e Stu rluson (Heimskringla). But all other known sons are sho wn a s sons o f Frig g. Uncertain as to the real mother of all the sons o f Odi n. Accord ing t o Norse mythology, Tjatse (Skade's father) was a jo tun (b ad god) wh o wa s killed by the aeses (good gods). His daughter, S kade (I njury), dem ande d retribution, and the aeses gave her then Njor d to be h er husband.
In the Scandinavian Historical Magazine v1/96 is written: "Odin wa s n o d o ubt of Pontos King's family. His parents were Bor Buresson an d Beis tl a Bo ltornsdatter. Odin's maternal father, Boltorn, was Mimer' s brothe r a nd th ereby a brother of king Mithridates VI of Pontos. Ther e are man y th eorie s about the meaning of Odin's name. His name may b e derived fr om 'V ohtan ' - the furious - or from 'Adonai' - master. I n his Edda Snor re ha s menti oned many different names for Odin. When th e Gothic histori an Jor danes (a bout 550 AD) identify a Goth near the Bl ack Sea, as the p ossibl e Odin, al ias Gaut or Gapt, with the real nam e Cotys, which wa s a King' s name. Hi s wife Frigg was a daughter of kin g Mithridates VI o f Pontos o r perhap s a daughter of king Tigranes II o f Armenia and of Kl eopatra o f Pontos. (This ancestry is not what is sho wn in this genealogy .) Frig g followed Odi n on his wandering throughou t Europe to the North , probabl y in the year 4 7 BC, and they had a so n Skjold and probably al so the fir st king Alv of A lvheim in Tune in Øs tfold. When Odin came wit h his peopl e to the North, S candinavia was pa rtly populated by other s - perhaps gia nts 'jotner'."
Tomsett says: The Prose Edda shows the names of other Sons who beca m e t h e Kings of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, but I can't find analogue s f or t he se in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. They are Skjöldr of Denmark , Sa eming r o f Norway and Yngvi of Sweden.
Prose Edda: Odin had the power of divination, and so had his wife, a n d f r om this knowledge he found out that his name would be held hig h i n th e no rth part of the world, and honored beyond that of all kings . Fo r thi s rea son he was eager to begin his journey from Turkey, and h e ha d wit h him ve ry many people, young and old, men and women, and h e had w ith hi m many co stly things. But wherever they fared over the la nds grea t fam e was spoke n of them, and they were said to be more lik e gods tha n men. And they sto pped not on their journey before they cam e north int o tha t land whicHis now called Saxland; there Odin remaine d a long time , an d subjugated th e country far and wide. There Odin est ablished his t hre e sons as a defens e of the land. One is named Veggdeg g; he was a str on g king and ruled ove r East Saxland. His son was 46 Vi trgils, and hi s son s were Ritta, the fat her of Heingest (Hengist), an d Sigar, the fat her o f Svebdegg, whom we cal l Svipdag. Another son o f Odin hight Beldeg g, who m we call Balder; he pos sessed the land whic h now hight Vestfal ; his so n was Brander, and his so n Frjodigar, who m we call Froda (Frode ). His so n was Freovit, his son Yvi gg, his son G evis, whom we call Gave . The thir d son of Odin is named Sigg e, his so n Verer. These forefather s ruled th e land which is now called Fr anklan d, and from them is come t he race tha t is called the Volsungs. Fro m al l of these many and great r aces are des cended.
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