"Be humble and kind, for you may find that it was Óðinn you entertained."
Óðinn, ruler of Asgard and chief of the Aesir gods. He is married to the queen of Asgard, Frigg. Óðinn is the son of Borr and the jötunn, Bestla. His sons are Þórr the god of thunder, Baldr, Höðr, Víðarr and Váli.
Óðinn carries a spear named Gungnir. In Skáldskaparmál, its attested that the spear was fashioned by the dwarves known as the Sons of Ivaldi under the mastery of the blacksmith dwarf Dvalin. Odin rides an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir. The hanged god is accompanied by his wolves Geri and Freki and his ravens Huginn and Muninn.
Óðinn is the god of wisdom, healing, death, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, and poetry. There is much information attested in many sources surviving today, Odinn is a pre-Christian god who travels widely in the search for wisdom and knowledge. From obtaining the mead of poetry, sacrificing his eye in Mimir's well of Urd, for a drink of the water from the well for knowledge and sacrificing himself in order to learn the runes, plus many more.
Odinn rules over the hall, Valhöll "hall of the slain". He chooses half of those who die on the battlefield, these warriors are led by Valkyries back to Valhöll, who then train with the Einherjar in preparation of Ragnarök.
The cripple may ride a horse,
a herd, the handless may drive,
the deaf one, in fights is useful;
Blind is better
than being burnt:
useful to none is a corpse!
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