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Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark in 2020.

Odin is one of the primary gods of Norse mythology, a pre-Christian pagan belief system central to Viking society. “This is the smoking gun for Odin’s presence in Scandinavia as early as the ...

COPENHAGEN — Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark in 2020.

Odin, the king of the gods, was associated with war and the dead. According to later medieval sources, he ruled over the death realm known as Valhall (the hall of the slain warriors).

The Prose Edda, a main source for Norse mythology compiled in Iceland in the 13th century, refers to Odin as the “Allfather,” who ruled over man and other Norse gods, known as the Æsir.

Odin was one of the main gods in Norse mythology and was frequently associated with war as well as poetry. More than 1,000 bracteates have been found in northern Europe, ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western ...