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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! W den is regarded as the Head god in Anglo-Saxon paganism, together with Norse Odin representing a development of a Proto-Germanic god, W danaz. Other West Germanic forms of the name include Old High German Wuotan, Low German and Dutch Wodan. Woden was worshipped during the Migration period, until the 7th or 8th century, when Germanic paganism was gradually replaced by Christianity. In Christianised Anglo-Saxon England, Woden was rationalised as a historical king, and remnants of worship were continued into modern times as folklore. Woden features prominently in both English and Continental folklore as the leader of the Wild Hunt. Some believe he is a precursor of the English Father Christmas, or Father Winter, and the American Santa Claus. Wednesday, Wensley, Wednesbury, Wansdyke and Wednesfield are named after Woden.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Woden is regarded as the Head god in Anglo-Saxon paganism, together with Norse Odin representing a development of a Proto-Germanic god, *Wodanaz. Other West Germanic forms of the name include Old High German Wuotan, Low German and Dutch Wodan. Woden was worshipped during the Migration period, until the 7th or 8th century, when Germanic paganism was gradually replaced by Christianity. In Christianised Anglo-Saxon England, Woden was rationalised as a historical king, and remnants of worship were continued into modern times as folklore. Woden features prominently in both English and Continental folklore as the leader of the Wild Hunt. Some believe he is a precursor of the English Father Christmas, or Father Winter, and the American Santa Claus. Wednesday, Wensley, Wednesbury, Wansdyke and Wednesfield are named after Woden.