History of Wotan

	Revision 23 . . December 7, 2001 1:35 am by (logged).146.101.xxx [+link to St. Michael, taken from 1913 Catholic encyclopedia]
	Revision 22 . . December 5, 2001 3:46 am by MichaelTinkler [explaining that the English word 'devil' is not derived from 'Deiw'.]
	Revision 21 . . December 5, 2001 3:45 am by MichaelTinkler [cutting irrelevant Dietrich material. This article is 'Wotan', not 'Germanic mythology']
	Revision 20 . . December 5, 2001 2:55 am by MichaelTinkler [cutting irrelevant Germanic Christian poem. This is about Wotan.]
	Revision 19 . . December 5, 2001 2:32 am by MichaelTinkler [rewriting first sentence to pack all the variations in. Recasting whole first para.]
	Revision 18 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 2:30 am by MichaelTinkler [linking first sentence to Odin]
	Revision 17 . . December 5, 2001 2:24 am by MichaelTinkler [removing irrelevant iceland travel-book and the statement that Odin 'travelled' to iceland. This is 'wotan' ]
	Revision 16 . . (edit) December 5, 2001 2:21 am by H. Jonat
	Revision 15 . . December 5, 2001 2:14 am by J Hofmann Kemp [This is not NPOV, and if Wotan only became a bad guy after Christian influence, how come his name comes from the German for rage?]
	Revision 14 . . December 4, 2001 9:36 am by H. Jonat [*some more on German gods]
	Revision 13 . . October 23, 2001 10:34 pm by (logged).153.24.xxx [editing for English]

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Almost all German Gaue (Latin, pagi) had mountains and other places named after him under such generic names as Wodenesberg, Wuodenesberg, Godesberg and Gudensberg, Wodensholt etc.

Almost all German Gaue (Latin, pagi) had mountains and other places named after him under such generic names as Wodenesberg, Wuodenesberg, Godesberg and Gudensberg, Wodensholt etc. For many Germans, St. Michael replaced Wotan, and many mountain chapels dedicated to St. Michael can be found.