Wotan

[vaw-tahn, voh-]

Wotan may refer to

Wotan, the Continental West Germanic god corresponding to Norse Odin.
Wotan, the version of the god that appears as a character in Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
Wotan is the title of an essay on Wotan by Carl Jung included in Notes of the Seminar Given in 1928–1930
Votan, a legendary grandson of Noah who migrated with his family to Mexico according to Francisco Nuñez de la Vega, a late 17th century Bishop of Chiapas. Votan has been repeatedly confused with Wotan and Odin in works of pseudohistory such as Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882).In Germanic and other Teutonic religion and mystical systems
The veneration of Wotan or Wotanism was a religious philosophy promoted by Guido von List and contemporaries in the late 19th centuryIn Nazi and Neo-Nazi use
W.O.T.A.N. is an acronym for Will Of The Aryan Nation, created by David Lane.Brand names
Wotan, a code name for a WWII German radar navigation project, the Y-Gerät
An A7V tank of WWI named "Wotan", its replica is in the German tank museum at Munster.In popular culture
Wotan, the capital of Mars in Space Patrol TV series.
Wotan's Wake, a 1962 film short by Brian de Palma
WOTAN, the controlling computer in the Doctor Who serial The War Machines
Wotan (comics), a villain who fought Doctor Fate and the Golden Age Green Lantern
The god of Dwarves in the Disciples series of computer games.
Church of the Subgenius pseudo-deity JHVH-1 is sometimes referred to as Wotan.
Wotan, an Epic Metal band from Italy.

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