Chapter 12 THE GOD ODIN, WODEN, OR WOTAN.

In the Scandinavian mythology the chief god was Odin, the Woden, Wotan, or Wuotan of the Germans. He is represented with many of the attributes of the Greek god Zeus, and is supposed by some to be identical with him. He dwelt with the twelve ?sir, or gods, upon Asgard, the Norse Olympus, which arose out of Midgard, a land half-way between the regio