ODIN

                   SOURCES:  1. The Viking Age, Gen. Hist. 19, v. 1, p. 28-68
             2. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 126-27
             3. Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings & Nobles, Eng. 104, p. 251-55
             4. Utah Gen. & Hist. Mag., R981, v. 18, p. 119-21
RESEARCH NOTE:  1. Inasmuch as temple work has already been done for and in
behalf of Odin and some of his descendants, this compilation is made so that
there may be a permanent record in the Church Records Archives giving the most
desirable source of information and the most desirable arrangement of children
and descendants based upon these sources. Odin has been shrouded in mystery and
has been considered both mythical and an actual historical personage by various
authorities. The last mentioned contention is justified more by the fact that
ancient chronologers independent of each other and without contact or knowledge
of each other have claimed and recorded lineal descent for their rulers from
Odin. In each instance the pedigree from a given ruler back to Odin has been
given, and approximations based upon the number of generations indicated have
virtually in every instance set the birth of Odin between 200 A.D. and 300 A.D.
The exception would be the Scandinavian pedigrees, but due to the violent lives
and deaths of their kings, the generation period would logically be less than
the Anglo-Saxon. In either event only an arbitrary approximatioin can be made
for dates of birth from Odin down to the 5th Century. Thereafter more specific
data is available. The Anglo-Saxon sources give Frithuwald as the sire of Odin,
whereas the Heimskringla names Bor.