Invocation Norse rites where Odin is invoked to "ride" workers of seidr (Norse shamanism), much like the god rides his eight-legged horse Sleipnir. Indeed, forms of possessive invocation appear throughout the world in most mystical or ecstatic traditions, wherever devotees seek to touch upon the essence of a deity or spirit. Some have performed invocation for the purpose of controlling or extracting favors from certain spirits or deities. These invocations usually involve a commandment or threat against the entity invoked. The following is a curious example of such an invocation, found engraved in cuneiform on a statue of the Assyrian demon
Jakten på Odin the Goths. The background for the project is described in two books, "Ingen grenser", 1999, Heyerdahl, Thor and Per Lillieström, Oslo: Stenersens forlag, and "Jakten på Odin—På sporet av vår fortid", 2001, Heyerdahl, Thor and Per Lillieström, Oslo: Stenersens forlag, . Jakten på Odin The Search for Odin (Norwegian: "Jakten på Odin") is the project title of Thor Heyerdahl's last series of archaeological excavations, which took place in Azov (Tanais) in Russia. Heyerdahl's intention was to prove the veracity of the account of Snorri Sturluson in the Ynglinga saga, written in the 13th century, about the origin of the Norse