Wotan

Wotan may refer to

* Wotan, the Continental West Germanic god corresponding to Norse Odin.
* Wotan, the version of the god that appears as a character in Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
* "Wotan" is the title of an essay on Wotan by Carl Jung included in "Notes of the Seminar Given in 1928–1930"
* Votan, a legendary grandson of Noah who migrated with his family to Mexico according to Francisco Nuñez de la Vega, a late 17th century Bishop of Chiapas. Votan has been repeatedly confused with Wotan and Odin in works of pseudohistory such as "" (1882).

;In Germanic and other Teutonic religion and mystical systems
* The veneration of Wotan or "Wotanism" was a religious philosophy promoted by Guido von List and contemporaries in the late 19th century

;In Nazi and Neo-Nazi use
* W.O.T.A.N. is an acronym for "Will Of The Aryan Nation", created by David Lane.

;Brand names
* Wotan, a code name for a WWII German radar navigation project, the Y-Gerät
* An A7V tank of WWI named "Wotan", its replica is in the German tank museum at Munster.

;In popular culture
* Wotan, the capital of Mars in Space Patrol TV series.
* Wotan's Wake, a 1962 film short by Brian de Palma
* WOTAN, the controlling computer in the Doctor Who serial The War Machines
* Wotan (comics), a villain who fought Doctor Fate and the Golden Age Green Lantern
* The god of Dwarves in the series of computer games.
* Church of the Subgenius pseudo-deity JHVH-1 is sometimes referred to as Wotan.
* Wotan, an Epic Metal band from Italy.

ee also

*Woden (disambiguation)
*Odin (disambiguation)