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# *Óðinn* (Odin)
[[On the Orkney Isles, according to legend, the Odin Stone was used for sealing agreements, and binding marriages and unions; contracting parties joined hands through the hole.]][^1]
- *See also:*
- [[Woden (Old English deity)]]
[!1]: Lynda Pinney Domino, ‘[[Domino. ‘He kept her the space of a year_ Celtic secular marriage in Late Medieval Scotland’, 2003.|He kept her the space of a year: Celtic secular marriage in Late Medieval Scotland]]’ (Master’s thesis, University of Iowa, 2003), p. 8.