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wodin · 12-07-2011, 01:50 PM

Mine is derived from my northern European mongrel heritage. My paternal grandfather was a full blooded Norwegian, named Odean; obviously a reference to the Norse god Odin.

Both of my maternal grandparents were second generation German. So I combined my Norse and German heritage and Germanized Odin to Wodan or Woden. Both were somewhat overused across the internet so I chose a misspelling and came up with Wodin.

A bit of searching revealed the only uses of Wodin were a somewhat obscure artist and a nuts and bolts factory in Ohio, so Wodin it became.

edit: it has since become a little more prevalent among the gaming community.

12-07-2011, 01:50 PM	#20
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Mine is derived from my northern European mongrel heritage. My paternal grandfather was a full blooded Norwegian, named Odean; obviously a reference to the Norse god Odin. Both of my maternal grandparents were second generation German. So I combined my Norse and German heritage and Germanized Odin to Wodan or Woden. Both were somewhat overused across the internet so I chose a misspelling and came up with Wodin. A bit of searching revealed the only uses of Wodin were a somewhat obscure artist and a nuts and bolts factory in Ohio, so Wodin it became. edit: it has since become a little more prevalent among the gaming community. Last edited by wodin; 12-07-2011 at 01:59 PM.