Odin - The Scandinavian Father-God Masonic Poster - [11'' x 17'']

From The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall:

It is difficult to secure any satisfactory information concerning the identity of Odin. If he actually founded the Mysteries of Scandinavia, he was undoubtedly an initiate of an Eastern school, possibly the Buddhistic. The etymology of the word Odin shows its various forms as Woden, Wodan, Wotan, Wuotan, and Odinn. These words are now generally defined as meaning “wood” or “wind.” On this subject that indefatigable worker, Godfrey Higgins, has made several important discoveries. He writes; “Thus it appears the Woden, the Northern God, is simply the Tamulic method of pronouncing Buddha. (Sir William Jones also believed that Buddha was Woden.) That Woden came from the North, not the South, of India cannot be doubted.”