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Long time no see!

-Odin, The Allfather-

Also known as known as Wōden and Wōtan, he’s the leader of the Aesir gods in Norse and Germanic mythology, associated with wisdom, death, healing, battle, poetry and magic, among other things. He commands the Valkyries and presides over Valhalla, a majestic hall in Asgard, realm of the Aesir gods, which receives half of those who die in battle, preparing them to serve as his army for the fateful battle during Ragnarok, the end of the world. He’s the husband of the goddess Frigg, and also the father of other gods such as Thor, Baldr and Vidarr with his wife and many other lovers. Even though he rules over Asgard, he’s almost always away from home, traveling the land as a wanderer in different guises in search of knowledge. Odin is willing to make great sacrifices in his search for wisdom, having offered one of his eyes to a magical well and hanging himself over the branches of Yggdrasil for 9 days in return for knowledge of the Runes. He rides the eight-legged steed Sleipnir, is accompanied by his familiars, the two wolves Geri and Freki and the two ravens Huginn and Muninn, who depart at dawn to fly around the world and return to Odin’s side at night to report on everything they observed in the realms that day, keeping him informed. During Ragnarok, he’s destined to lead his army in a great battle, but will be consumed by the monstrous wolf Fenrir, only to be avenged by his son Vidarr.
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Lots more I could say about him, but I gotta be brief, I omitted a lot of interesting stuff.

This was another experiment with digital art again, it had been a long time since the last one I did, and I wanted to see if I could do something better with all the experience I gained doing all the fakemons. Oh right, this was supposed to be a Christmas drawing, you know, Odin is believed to be one of the influences for Santa Claus alongside Saint Nicholas. So… Happy… Christmas? I guess?

I wanted to do something a bit more simple for Odin than you usually see out there. Modern media likes to portray Odin as some kind of badass warrior, but that’s not really faithful to what he is at all, he’s more of a sorcerer and a seeker of knowledge than anything. He barely even uses Gungnir or even fights for that matter. So I decided to base the design on his typical wanderer guise and also on Gandalf from the Lord of the Ring series. J. R. R. R. Tolkien used a lot of myths and literary inspirations while writing the series, and he stated Gandalf was indeed based on Odin, so the reference is valid.

Not much else to say though, some of the patterns on this clothes are based on the Ledberg stone , and the the "belt" in his hat is the same one my Vidarr wears. Some nice continuity in there.

Well, that's all for today, hope you all liked it, and until next time!

Description

Long time no see!

-Odin, The Allfather-

Also known as known as Wōden and Wōtan, he’s the leader of the Aesir gods in Norse and Germanic mythology, associated with wisdom, death, healing, battle, poetry and magic, among other things. He commands the Valkyries and presides over Valhalla, a majestic hall in Asgard, realm of the Aesir gods, which receives half of those who die in battle, preparing them to serve as his army for the fateful battle during Ragnarok, the end of the world. He’s the husband of the goddess Frigg, and also the father of other gods such as Thor, Baldr and Vidarr with his wife and many other lovers. Even though he rules over Asgard, he’s almost always away from home, traveling the land as a wanderer in different guises in search of knowledge. Odin is willing to make great sacrifices in his search for wisdom, having offered one of his eyes to a magical well and hanging himself over the branches of Yggdrasil for 9 days in return for knowledge of the Runes. He rides the eight-legged steed Sleipnir, is accompanied by his familiars, the two wolves Geri and Freki and the two ravens Huginn and Muninn, who depart at dawn to fly around the world and return to Odin’s side at night to report on everything they observed in the realms that day, keeping him informed. During Ragnarok, he’s destined to lead his army in a great battle, but will be consumed by the monstrous wolf Fenrir, only to be avenged by his son Vidarr.
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Lots more I could say about him, but I gotta be brief, I omitted a lot of interesting stuff.

This was another experiment with digital art again, it had been a long time since the last one I did, and I wanted to see if I could do something better with all the experience I gained doing all the fakemons. Oh right, this was supposed to be a Christmas drawing, you know, Odin is believed to be one of the influences for Santa Claus alongside Saint Nicholas. So… Happy… Christmas? I guess?

I wanted to do something a bit more simple for Odin than you usually see out there. Modern media likes to portray Odin as some kind of badass warrior, but that’s not really faithful to what he is at all, he’s more of a sorcerer and a seeker of knowledge than anything. He barely even uses Gungnir or even fights for that matter. So I decided to base the design on his typical wanderer guise and also on Gandalf from the Lord of the Ring series. J. R. R. R. Tolkien used a lot of myths and literary inspirations while writing the series, and he stated Gandalf was indeed based on Odin, so the reference is valid.

Not much else to say though, some of the patterns on this clothes are based on the Ledberg stone , and the the "belt" in his hat is the same one my Vidarr wears. Some nice continuity in there.

Well, that's all for today, hope you all liked it, and until next time!