Wotan
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Wotan may refer to
- Wotan, the High German variant of Wōden, 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 century
- In Political Philosophy
- 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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