Members of the family – genealogical connections
Ah, the family of Odin. Well, Odin's consort is Frigg, though both deities have hard their share of sexual relations outside of that relationship. There are really only three children that are attested to Odin and that would be Thor(obviously), Baldr, and Váli. Snori Sturluson does claim that Vidar is a son of Odin by way of the giantess Gríd. He also places Heimdalr, Bragi, Tyr, and Hod as sons of Odin, but these are only mentioned once. So the only ones we are sure of, in the sense of literature, is Thor, Baldr, and Vali.
There are no daughters of Odin mentioned and I have never seen a claim to it.
Odin did have two brothers, Vili and Ve, whom helped Odin slay Ymir and create Midgard, all born from the same parents: Borr and Bestla.
As far as I can tell, other than the usual claims of kings being descendents from Odin, the relation to other deities ends there.
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