In the poem, Grímnismál, in the Poetic Edda, Odin lists the names that he has called himself. And he says, “I have never been known by just one name, since I first walked among men.”*
Here are some of Odin’s many names:
Grim
Wanderer
Battle Stirrer
Curse Eye
Spellcaster
Long Beard
All Father
Shadowed Face
Shield Shaker
Wand Bearer
Odin uses all these different names depending on who he’s dealing with and the situation in which he finds himself.
So many names. So many stories. So many facets to an intelligent, wisdom-seeking, cruel, capricious god.