Odin appears in stories.
Baldr ( also Balder , Baldur ) is a god in Norse mythology , and a son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg . In Norse mythology , Geri and Freki ( Old Norse , both meaning `` the ravenous '' or `` greedy one '' ) are two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin . Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples . Norse mythology is the body of mythology of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period . Odin . In Norse mythology , from which stems most of the information about the god , Odin is associated with healing , death , royalty , the gallows , knowledge , battle , sorcery , poetry , frenzy , and the runic alphabet , and is the husband of the goddess Frigg .