W?den was the name of Odin in Anglo-Saxon polytheism and he represents a later development of a Proto-Germanic deity, *W?danaz. Other West Germanic forms of the name include Dutch Wodan, West Frisian Weda Alemannic Wuodan, High German Wotan, and Low German Wodan.Woden was worshipped during the Migration period, until the 7th or 8th century, when Germanic paganism was gradually replaced by Christianity. In Anglo-Saxon England, Woden was rationalized as a historical king, and remnants of worship w