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
Odin-class coastal defense ship Odin-class coastal defense ship The "Odin" class was a pair of coastal defense ships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the late 19th century. The class comprised two ships: , named after the Norse god Odin, and , named after the Norse god of the same name. The ships were very similar to the preceding s, and are sometimes considered to be one class of ships. Like the preceding "Siegfried"-class ships, "Odin" and "Ägir" were obsolete by the time World War I had started. Regardless, they were still used in their primary role until 1915, at which point they