List of places named after Odin
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Many toponyms ("place names") contain the name of *Wodanaz (Norse Odin, West Germanic Woden)
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[edit] Scandinavia, Nordic and Baltic countries
[edit] Denmark
- Odense
- Onsholt ("Odin's Holt"), located in Viby, Jutland. A marked hill now covered in corn fields that was, up until about the 18th century, covered in wetlands on all sides. Covered by a wood (a "holt") during the Viking Age. Viby may mean "the settlement by the sacred site" and contains traces of sacrifices going back 2,500 years. The location contained other names such as Tyrseng ("Tyr's Meadow") which is itself located near Dødeå ("Stream of the dead" or "Dead Stream"). Religious practices associated with Odin and Tyr may have occurred in these places. Further, a spring dedicated to Holy Niels exists in the area that was likely a Christianization of prior indigenous pagan practice.[1]
- Vojens
[edit] Estonia
- Island of Osmussaar (Odinsholm in Swedish, literally "Odin's islet". Possibly a medieval transformation of an original Finnic name unrelated to Odin)
[edit] Finland
- Island of Odensö (also known as Udensö, literally "Oden's island". Possibly a medieval transformation of an original Finnic name unrelated to Odin[citation needed])
[edit] Norway
- Onsøy (Odin's island)
[edit] Sweden
- Odensbacken
- Odinslund
- Oden
- Onsala
- Onsön
- Onsberget
- Onsätter
- Onsjö
- Onslunda
[edit] Mainland Europe
[edit] Belgium
[edit] France
- Northern France around Audresselles (Oderzell) district of Marquise:
- Audinghen (Odingham), close to:
- Raventhun (Raventown),
- Tardinghen (Thordingham)
- Loquinghen (Lokingham)
- Audembert (Odinberg)
- Central France (Berry)
[edit] Germany
- Almost all German Gaue (Latin, pagi) had mountains and other places named after him under such generic names as Wodensberg, Wuodenesberg, Godesberg and Gudensberg, Wodensholt, "Odenwald", etc.
- Odenbach (lit. Odins stream)
- Odenhausen (lit. Odins house)
- Odenburg (lit. Odins Castle or Odins City)
- Odenberg (lit. Odins mountain)
[edit] Netherlands
- Woensdrecht
- Woezik
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] England
- Woodway House - from the house on Woden's Way.
- Wansdyke - "Woden's embankment"
- Grimsdyke - From Grim, "hooded", a description of his appearance
- Grimspound An Iron Age settlement on Dartmoor.
- Roseberry Topping - Óðins bjarg ("Odin's rock or crag") (plus "topping" added later)
- Wednesfield - "Woden's field"
- Wensley - "Woden's meadow"
- Wednesbury - "Woden's burgh"
- Woodnesborough - also translates as "Woden's burgh" (and the centre of the town was known as "Woden's hill")
- Wormshill - also derived from "Woden's hill"
[edit] Scotland
- Grims Dyke - another term used for the Antonine Wall.
- Woden Law - an Iron Age hillfort in the Cheviots
[edit] New World
[edit] Australia
- Woden Valley, a district of Canberra
[edit] Canada
- Mount Odin, on Baffin Island Nunavut
[edit] References
- ^ Damm, Annette. Editor. (2005) Viking Aros, pages 42-45. Moesgård Museum ISBN 87-87334-63-1
