Odin ~ Ritual Anointing Oil ~All-Father ~ Warrior ~ Knowledge ~ Wisdom ~ Wanderer ~ Poet ~ Magician ~

~¤~Hail All-father, Wise Warrior,  One-eyed wanderer, Come sit at my fire.  Tell me of your wisdom stories,  The scenes your missing eye sees.  You who chooses the slain,  Look on my deeds and when my time comes  To run the sky with you,  Let my end be worthy of song.  In the meantime, let me feel  Excitement and poetry and fury and joy,  Let me understand sacrifice,  Think long, Remember well, And Journey Far.  Odin, Witness this.~¤~ Odin, the All-Father, is god of Knowledge, Wisdom, Poetry, Magick, War and Death. He is seen often with his Ravens, Huginn and Muninn (Thought and Memory). They would circle the realms each day and report back to him all they had seen. Odin was also guarded by two wolves Geri and Freki. Should any one purposely give false testimony to the All-Father they would devour them! Odin gave up an eye to drink from the well Mimir and so gained immense knowledge and foresight. To gain knowledge of the Runes he hung himself from the World Tree, Yggdrasil, for nine d