How evil was Odin?

He can be seen as both good and evil; it depends on who you're asking such a question. However, the God of War series takes a darker approach to him, making him more evil, similar to how Zeus was portrayed. How evil is he, then? Well, between torture, killing, and slavery, it's safe to say that Odin's pretty evil.

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Was Odin considered evil?

Is Odin Good or Evil? Odin, the god of wisdom, death, battle magic and more is neither entirely good nor is he fully evil in Norse mythology. Odin is a warmonger and as such a bringer of death on the battlefield.

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What evil things did Odin do?

He ordered his son Thor to commit genocide against the giants for suspecting them being the ones behind Ragnarök, and he also betrayed his own great grandfather, the primordial Jötunn Ymir, at the beginning of all things under the self-righteous belief that he and the Aesir were bringing order to the realms.

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Who is more evil Zeus or Odin?

They're both really bad but Zeus had the excuse of being corrupted and was under the influence of Pandora's box which made him act the way he did while Odin was always selfish and manipulative on his own naturally.

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Was Odin evil before Thor?

Originally Answered: Was Odin evil as described by Hela in Thor Ragnarok? Yes. At one point of time, when he was a cosmic conqueror. Hela mentioned that she and Odin drowned entire civilizations in Blood and Tears.

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Odin - A Deconstruction of Villainy

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Why Loki hates Odin?

The majority of storylines surrounding Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had to do with his father issues. He was always insecure over how Odin didn't love him as much as he did Thor, with this eventually morphing into contempt for his father.

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Why Odin is the real villain?

Odin does show remorse for his decisions and actions, and in death he appears before Thor via visions to help him prevent the end of days. But it's really too little too late, his behaviour triggering all the trouble in the first place, and making Odin the true villain of the Thor flicks.

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Who can defeat Odin?

Galactus would win in a fight against Odin.

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Is there a god stronger than Odin?

That is exactly what the goddess Hel was. Being the daughter of Loki already made her very powerful. However, in her realm of the underworld, this half-decaying goddess was said to be even more powerful than Odin and many other Norse gods.

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Was Odin a womanizer?

Incidentally, despite him being married to Frigg a lot of these sons are from different mothers and Odin appears in many stories as a womaniser, even boasting of his affairs, reminiscent of (and perhaps inspired by?) Zeus from Greek mythology.

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What animal killed Odin?

Definition. Fenrir is the great wolf in Norse Mythology who breaks free from his chains at Ragnarök, the twilight of the gods, kills Odin, and is then killed by Odin's son Vidarr.

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Why did Odin hang himself?

Odin's self-sacrifice

He sacrificed his eye in Mimir's well and he threw himself on his spear Gungnir in a kind of symbolic, ritual suicide. He then hanged himself in Yggdrasil, the tree of life, for nine days and nine nights in order to gain knowledge of other worlds and be able to understand the runes.

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Who does Odin hate?

Thor and Odin's hatred of giants.

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Why is Odin feared?

In Norse mythology, Odin is considered as terrifying. He is feared, a bringer of misfortune. He is the lord of war and death. And yet, there is little Odin does that is readily understandable to humankind.

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Do people still believe in Odin as a god?

Thor and Odin are still going strong 1000 years after the Viking Age. Many think that the old Nordic religion - the belief in the Norse gods – disappeared with the introduction of Christianity. However, it did not, but was instead practised secretly or under a Christian cloak.

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Who was Odin afraid of?

In Norse mythology, Huginn (from Old Norse "thought") and Muninn (Old Norse "memory" or "mind") are a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to the god Odin. In the poem Grímnismál, it is said that Odin is afraid the two ravens would not come back.

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Can Zeus defeat Odin?

The trivial answer is that Odin cannot lose to Zeus because Zeus is not Fenrir and, according to Norse mythology, Odin has been prophesied to be swallowed by Fenrir in Ragnarok. Odin cannot die before then so Zeus cannot win.

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What is Odin's weakness?

Odin's Achilles heel is his weakness to Force. As is the case from here on out, Physical damage has better scaling than Magic, so bringing brawlers to the fight instead of Force users is viable.

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Would Odin beat Zeus in a fight?

Odin wins. There are three reasons why. Odin is the son of Bor and the giantess/goddess Bestla. Bor is one of the gods who created the entire universe.

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How powerful is Odin really?

Odin is the most powerful of the Asgardian gods. Possessing the massive energy source called the Odinpower, or Odinforce, Odin's physical abilities are augmented, including superhuman strength, lifting up to 75 tons, superhuman durability, and regenerative powers.

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Can Odin lift Thor's hammer?

Yes. When Jane became Thor, the hammer became sentient, and decided no one, other than Jane, were worthy. This included Odin, and even Thor.

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Can Thor surpass Odin?

Odin might have had immense power and ruled Asgard in the past, but this cover shows that Thor will surely surpass him. Thor is currently the ruler of Asgard, but his rule has been anything but easy.

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Why is Odin obsessed with the mask?

From it, he sensed that he could obtain infinite knowledge by looking inside of it. However, when he did, he lost his right eye. Despite this, he refused to give up this goal, and believed that the mask he found alongside it could help him find the answers he sought.

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What truth did Odin want?

Odin does want peace, but the truth is that he wants to achieve peace by stealing all the answers of the universe's creation for himself and using them to destroy all who threaten him to prevent Ragnarok, which is a point where God of War differs from actual Norse mythology.

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Why did Odin corrupt the Valkyries?

This curse was later revealed to having been cast by Odin, out of spite after Freya lost her position as the queen- her stand-in, Sigrun, states that no matter what she did, it was 'not enough' for the Allfather. The curse forces the Valkyries to remain in a physical form, which is an unnatural state to Valkyries.

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