Odin is the one everybody thinks they already know. Good introductions are hard to find.
Lee's guide walks through who Odin actually is in the sources: his origins, his contradictions, and the appetite for knowledge that drives nearly every story he appears in. The major tales are all covered, including the creation of the world, the Æsir–Vanir war, the eye traded for wisdom, Graybeard the ferryman, the death of Balder, and Ragnarök. Lee also follows him forward, tracing how the Allfather became an icon well beyond the North.
There's real grounding in the wider cosmology, too, the beings and realms, and where Odin sits inside them. He isn't presented in isolation, which is important for a god defined largely by what he's willing to travel toward and sacrifice for.
The devotional half is the practical draw, offering guidance from a practicing Norse Heathen on how to interact with and venerate Odin with offerings and altars. Lee runs Skald's Keep, a free online Norse Heathen resource, and writes from inside the practice.
Illustrated throughout by The Saxon Storyteller. Stands alone, or completes the Norse Gods and Goddesses series with Thor, Freyja, and Loki.
For newcomers to the Northern Tradition, and for anyone building a working relationship with a god who rewards actual study.
