This statue depicts the ruler of the Norse pantheon sculpted of cold-cast resin and painted in muted tones that give the appearance of brass construction. Odin is the very name related to the word oor, meaning fury and excitation. Odin was the chief of the Norse Gods, the lord of wisdom, war, battle and death. He was also known to have held sway over magic, poetry, prophecy, victory and the hunt. He stood for a complex mingling of many of the virtues that the Norse people held sacred. It was he who received the souls of valiant warriors that died in battle and the women he favored became the legendary Vawho strode among the battlefields and brought the valiant dead to the halls of Valhalla, where they would wait training and feasting. Here he is shown sitting regally in his throne set upon Hlidskjalf which was a place from which he could perceive everything that happened in the universe. Close at hand are his ravens Huginn and Munninn (Names that translate into Thought and Memory), who fly around the earth daily and report the happenings of the world to Odin at night. The war wolves Geri and Freki rest close by his feet. This remarkable statue stands 10" tall and 8 1/2" wide.