guodan

Updated: May 25, 2025

Thus the Teutonic races, who preserved the name of their highest divinity, Odin, originally, Guodan, by which to designate the God of the Christian, were unable to regard the Bog of ancient tradition as anything but an "ex-god," or vanquished demon.

John Fiske - Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology