gallows god en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Norse) A byname for the God Odin, so called for being hanged on the world tree Yggdrasil.
It is from this tree that Odin hanged himself in sacrifice, making the world-tree a gallows and himself the gallows god.
2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 20:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gallows gods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |