Odin's ways : a guide to the pagan god in medieval literature / Annette Lassen ; translated from Danish by Helen F. Lesley-Jacobsen and Margaret Cormack.

The reception of Odin in research -- Excursus : the vocabulary of 'myth' in an Old Norse/Icelandic context -- Odin and the Roman gods in early Latin texts and Old Norse/Icelandic translations -- The ecclesiastical explanations of paganism -- Odin in various Old Norse/Icelandic genres -- Odin in the contemporary saga Sturlunga saga -- Odin in the courtly romances (riddarasögur) -- Odin in kings' sagas (konungasögur) -- Odin in the legendary sagas (fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda) -- Odin in Skaldic poetry -- Odin in the Gesta Danorum -- Odin in Ynglinga saga -- Odin in Snorri's Edda -- Odin in the Eddic poems.

"This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo's Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri's Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin"-- Provided by publisher