Odin is a god.
Germanic paganism . Many of the Germanic deities appeared under similar names across the Germanic peoples , most notably the god known to the Germans as Wodan or Wotan , to the Anglo-Saxons as Wōden , and to the Norse as Odin , as well as the god Thor -- known to the Germans as Donar , to the Anglo-Saxons as Þunor and to the Norse as Þórr . Odin . In wider Germanic mythology and paganism , Odin was known in Old English as Wōden , in Old Saxon as Wōdan , and in Old High German as Wuotan or Wōtan , all stemming from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym wōđanaz .