High says that Odin sent the gods to gather the children and bring them to him.

John Lindow says that it is unclear why the gods decide to raise Fenrir as opposed to his siblings Hel and Jörmungandr in Gylfaginning chapter 35, theorizing that it may be " because Odin had a connection with wolves?

High says that Odin sent the gods to gather the children and bring them to him.

Loki says that Odin does a poor job in handing out honor in war to men, and that he's often given victory to the faint-hearted.

Frigg, a major goddess and Odin's wife, says that what Loki and Odin did in the ancient past should not be spoken of in front of others, and that ancient matters should always remain hidden.

Acknowledging that Thor has arrived, Loki asks Thor why he is raging, and says that Thor won't be so bold to fight against the wolf when he swallows Odin at Ragnarök.

Hilda Ellis Davidson says that " the eight-legged horse of Odin is the typical steed of the shaman " and that in the shaman's journeys to the heavens or the underworld, a shaman " is usually represented as riding on some bird or animal.

In chapter 38, Gangleri says: " You say that all men who have fallen in battle from the beginning of the world are now with Odin in Valhalla.

In chapter 41, Gangleri says that Odin seems to be quite a powerful lord, as he controls quite a big army, but he yet wonders how the Einherjar keep themselves busy when they are not drinking.

In the second stanza of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, the völva ( a shamanic seeress ) reciting the poem to the god Odin says that she remembers far back to " early times ", being raised by jötnar, recalls nine worlds and " nine wood-ogresses " ( Old Norse nío ídiðiur ), and when Yggdrasil was a seed (" glorious tree of good measure, under the ground ").

Yggdrasil is first mentioned in the poem in stanza 29, where Odin says that, because the " bridge of the Æsir burns " and the " sacred waters boil ," Thor must wade through the rivers Körmt and Örmt and two rivers named Kerlaugar to go " sit as judge at the ash of Yggdrasill.

In stanza 31, Odin says that the ash Yggdrasil has three roots that grow in three directions.

In stanza 34, Odin says that more serpents lie beneath Yggdrasil " than any fool can imagine " and lists them as Góinn and Móinn ( possibly meaning Old Norse " land animal "), which he describes as sons of Grafvitnir ( Old Norse, possibly " ditch wolf "), Grábakr ( Old Norse " Greyback "), Grafvölluðr ( Old Norse, possibly " the one digging under the plain " or possibly amended as " the one ruling in the ditch "), Ófnir ( Old Norse " the winding one, the twisting one "), and Sváfnir ( Old Norse, possibly " the one who puts to sleep

In stanza 35, Odin says that Yggdrasil " suffers agony more than men know ", as a hart bites it from above, it decays on its sides, and Níðhöggr bites it from beneath.

Regarding the accusations that Loki makes to Sif in Lokasenna, Carolyne Larrington says that Sif is not elsewhere attested as unfaithful, though notes that Odin makes a similar accusation in Hárbarðsljóð, and theorizes a potential connection between the story of Loki cutting off Sif's hair with these references.

In the poem Grímnismál, Odin ( disguised as Grímnir ), tortured, starved and thirsty, tells the young Agnar that he wishes that the valkyries Hrist (" shaker ") and Mist (" cloud ") would " bear him a horn ", then provides a list of 11 more valkyries whom he says " bear ale to the einherjar "; Skeggjöld (" axe-age "), Skögul, Hildr, Þrúðr (" power "), Hlökk (" noise ", or " battle "), Herfjötur (" host-fetter "), Göll (" tumult "), Geirahöð (" spear-fight "), Randgríð (" shield-truce "), Ráðgríð (" council-truce "), and Reginleif (" power-truce ").

High says " these women are called valkyries, and they are sent by Odin to every battle, where they choose which men are to die and they determine who has victory ".

Skögul says that they shall now ride forth to the " green homes of the godheads " to tell Odin the king will come to Valhalla.

" Simek says that the valkyries were closely associated with Odin, and that this connection existed in an earlier role as " demons of death ".

Skögul says that they shall now ride forth to the " green homes of the godheads " to tell Odin the king will come to Valhalla.

Göndul draws away from his head and says " Now hallow I thee, and give thee to lie under all those spells and the weird that Odin commanded, thee and Hogni, and all the hosts of you.

In addition, High says that Odin sends valkyries to every battle, that they allot death to men, and govern victory.

Gangleri says that " you say that all those men that have fallen in battle since the beginning of the world have now come to Odin in Val-hall.

Skögul says that they shall now ride forth to the " green homes of the godheads " to tell Odin the king will come to Valhalla.

But a man called Loki somehow knew it, and came to tell Odin.

King Odin commanded Loki to steal the necklace, so Loki turned into a fly to sneak into Freyja's bower and stole it.

In that poem Bragi at first forbids Loki to enter the hall but is overruled by Odin.

In both the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, Fenrir is the father of the wolves Sköll and Hati Hróðvitnisson, is a son of Loki, and is foretold to kill the god Odin during the events of Ragnarök, but will in turn be killed by Odin's son Víðarr.

Two of the figures are understood to be Baldr and Odin while both Loki and Hel have been proposed as candidates for the third figure.

In stanza 35 of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, a völva tells Odin that, among many other things, she sees Sigyn sitting very unhappily with her bound husband, Loki, under a " grove of hot springs ".

Loki does not respond to Bragi directly, but instead directs his attention to Odin, and states:

Odin then asks his silent son Víðarr to sit up, so that Loki ( here referred to as the " wolf's father ") may sit at the feast, and so that he may not speak words of blame to the gods in Ægir's hall.

Odin responds that even if this is true, Loki ( in a story otherwise unattested ) once spent eight winters beneath the earth as a woman milking cows, and during this time bore children.

Loki counters that Odin once practiced seiðr on the island of Samsey ( now Samsø, Denmark ), and, appearing as a wizard, traveled among mankind, which Loki condemns as perverse.

The prose introduction to Reginsmál details that, while the hero Sigurd was being fostered by Regin, son of Hreidmar, Regin tells him that once the gods Odin, Hœnir, and Loki went to Andvara-falls, which contained many fish.

Loki is mentioned in stanza 14, the final stanza of the poem, where the völva tells Odin to ride home, to be proud of himself, and that no one else will come visit until " Loki is loose, escaped from his bonds " and the onset of Ragnarök.

Gylfi is furthermore informed that when Loki had engendered Hel, she was cast into Niflheimr by Odin:

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (, or ), typically spelled Ragnarǫk in the handwritten scripts, is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures ( including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki ), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.

In stanza 35 of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, a Völva tells Odin that, amongst many other things, she sees Sigyn sitting very unhappily with her bound husband, Loki, under a " grove of hot springs ".

Gylfaginning ( 20. ff ) gives a list of twelve male aesir, not including Odin their chief, nor including Loki, " whom some call the backbiter of the asas ":

South of it are the lands of the Turks, where Odin had possessions ; thus, the mountains must be the Caucasus Mountains.

Upon their arrival, Odin threw Jörmungandr into " that deep sea that lies round all lands ," Odin threw Hel into Niflheim, and bestowed upon her authority over nine worlds, in that she must " administer board and lodging to those sent to her, and that is those who die of sickness or old age.

For this Odin condemned her to live the life of a mortal woman, and imprisoned her in a remote castle behind a wall of shields on top of mount Hindarfjall, where she must sleep within a ring of fire until any man rescues and marries her.

Once a year Odin must undertake the Odinsleep to regain his strength.

Odin declines Thor's offer of taking his place — noting that just Thor's offer has broken Bor's curse that he would be abandoned as Bor was — and states that Thor must continue to lead the Asgardians, recognizing his son's ability to see a path beyond the path and cycle of Ragnarok that Odin lacks, while Odin continues to exist in a state he describes as approximating the Asgardian equivalent of heaven in order to prevent Surtur from reentering the world.

Once a year, during the Asgardian winter, Odin must undertake the Odinsleep for 24 hours to regenerate ( and is closely guarded as he is vulnerable during this period ), although he can be wakened by potent spells, such as those of Karnilla the Norn Queen.

Odin was asked to sacrifice his right eye which he threw into the well to receive not only the wisdom of seeing the future but the understanding of why things must be.

The goðar ( heathen priests ) determined that they must sacrifice the most noble young man of the kingdom to Odin in order to restore good crops.

The ruler of the Norse gods, Odin, uses the hammer – called Mjolnir by Eitri – and eventually passes it to his son Thor, who must first prove he is worthy to wield the weapon.

They must battle with various foes and oppressive gods, including Odin who appears when the heroes are defeated and is encountered as an opponent later in the game.