Woden's Man Podcast | Episode 003

In this episode, we examine evidence from archaeology, medieval texts, royal genealogies, migration routes, and Scandinavian burial traditions to explore the possibility that Odin's origins may lie far from the forests of Sweden. Instead, we travel to the turbulent world of the Black Sea frontier during Late Antiquity—a world of Huns, Goths, Alans, Sarmatians, collapsing empires, and migrating warrior elites.

Using evidence drawn from The Quest for the Historical Odin, we follow a potential migration corridor stretching from the Black Sea through the Dnieper river system, across the Baltic, and ultimately into the heart of Sweden. Along the way, we examine how elite identities survive long after the people who created them have disappeared and how oral tradition can compress generations of hi ...