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Like I mentioned in the main entry on Odin, the chief of the Æsir is known for his disguises. Indeed, he has hundreds of alternative names listed in our surviving sources of Norse literature which I simply can't cover in one blurb. In the poem Grímnismál, in which a disguised Odin is tortured by the mad king Geirröð, the Mad God lists some 60 names he is known to have gone by over the years, and it is hardly an exhaustive list. His disguise itself is usually pretty consistent, though. He usually poses as an old man with a blue cloak, a wide-brimmed hat, and one eye. It's... not a very good disguise, honestly. If you can't tell that's Odin, you're probably the one missing an eye. Wait shit... are you Odin, then? Damn, I'm not high enough for that revelation. Maybe that's the really where the disguise comes from. He can be anywhere or anyone, always watching you Wazowski, always watching.

Design notes, since I already covered most of the lore dump on Odin in his proper sheet. Pretty much all I did for this variant was turn his clothes blue, dulled his palette, and layered him up a little more. I mean hey, at least it's more than Clark Kent can come up with. I guess I can also take this opportunity to talk about my inclusion of the so-called Valknut in his cloak. I say "so-called" because the word "Valknut" is not found anywhere in medieval sources. The symbol itself is, but we have no idea what it was called. "Valknut" is a modern Norwegian compound meaning "knot of the slain", supposing it to be a symbol of Odin himself. While we do often see this symbol near depictions of Odin in Viking art, this does not necessarily mean it has anything to do with him or his valkyries specifically. The most plausible historical name for this symbol is "hrungnishjarta" meaning "Hrungnir's Heart", referencing a passage in the Prose Edda which describes a three-pointed symbol as being similar to the heart of the jötunn Hrungnir. As there is no diagram attached to this, we can't say for certain that Snorri is referring to what we would now call the Valknut, but it's kind of the best we got. Regardless of all of this, modern Heathenry has certainly adopted this symbol as an icon of Odin and our religion as a whole, so I thought it was appropriate to incorporate it into his cape. And I mean it just looks cool, and sometimes that's all you need.

Description
Like I mentioned in the main entry on Odin, the chief of the Æsir is known for his disguises. Indeed, he has hundreds of alternative names listed in our surviving sources of Norse literature which I simply can't cover in one blurb. In the poem Grímnismál, in which a disguised Odin is tortured by the mad king Geirröð, the Mad God lists some 60 names he is known to have gone by over the years, and it is hardly an exhaustive list. His disguise itself is usually pretty consistent, though. He usually poses as an old man with a blue cloak, a wide-brimmed hat, and one eye. It's... not a very good disguise, honestly. If you can't tell that's Odin, you're probably the one missing an eye. Wait shit... are you Odin, then? Damn, I'm not high enough for that revelation. Maybe that's the really where the disguise comes from. He can be anywhere or anyone, always watching you Wazowski, always watching.

Design notes, since I already covered most of the lore dump on Odin in his proper sheet. Pretty much all I did for this variant was turn his clothes blue, dulled his palette, and layered him up a little more. I mean hey, at least it's more than Clark Kent can come up with. I guess I can also take this opportunity to talk about my inclusion of the so-called Valknut in his cloak. I say "so-called" because the word "Valknut" is not found anywhere in medieval sources. The symbol itself is, but we have no idea what it was called. "Valknut" is a modern Norwegian compound meaning "knot of the slain", supposing it to be a symbol of Odin himself. While we do often see this symbol near depictions of Odin in Viking art, this does not necessarily mean it has anything to do with him or his valkyries specifically. The most plausible historical name for this symbol is "hrungnishjarta" meaning "Hrungnir's Heart", referencing a passage in the Prose Edda which describes a three-pointed symbol as being similar to the heart of the jötunn Hrungnir. As there is no diagram attached to this, we can't say for certain that Snorri is referring to what we would now call the Valknut, but it's kind of the best we got. Regardless of all of this, modern Heathenry has certainly adopted this symbol as an icon of Odin and our religion as a whole, so I thought it was appropriate to incorporate it into his cape. And I mean it just looks cool, and sometimes that's all you need.