Norse
Odin
wisdom, poetry, war
Mars
Roman tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- war, agriculture, the father of Romulus
- Symbols and attributes
- Spear; wolf; woodpecker
- Parents (per the sources used)
- Juno
Key myth
Father of Romulus and Remus by Rhea Silvia in Livy, and second only to Jupiter in importance. March, the first month of the old year, is named for him.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Ovid's Fasti makes him the son of Juno alone, conceived with a flower; others give Jupiter as father.
Greek counterpart: Ares on thegreekgods.org. Roman and Greek versions share names and stories in many places but began as different cults.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Mars: war and fighting. This is overlap in one area only.