Christmas gift-bringer the leader of the Wild Hunt at the time of Yule. Santa Claus's reindeer has also been compared to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin in Norse mythology. Jacob Grimm ("Deutsche Mythologie") traces the threatening or scary companions of Saint Nicholas (such as the Krampus of the Austro-Bavarian dialect region) to Christianized versions of house-spirits (kobolds, elves). After Christianization, the benign mid-winter gift-bringer was associated with the 4th-century Christian Saint Nicholas of Myra. This association took place mainly in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire, including German-speaking Europe, the Low Countries, the Czech lands, Hungary and Slovenia. The basis
Odin Township, Watonwan County, Minnesota was $39,625. Males had a median income of $22,917 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,830. About 14.3% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 14.7% of those sixty five or over. Odin Township, Watonwan County, Minnesota Odin Township is a township in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 206 at the 2000 census. Odin Township was organized in 1872, and named after Odin, the chief god of the Norse pantheon. According to the United States Census