Woden and his family probably lived at Gudme on the island of Fyn.
It is off the east coast of Jutland in the Baltic Sea. 'Odense' (means "Woden's sanctuary")
is a sdettlement there. Gudme was a very prosperuous place.
Excavations reveal spectacular treasure of that age: gold and silver trade goods,
gold coins, jeweled weapons.

A biography of kings was written in early 1200's titled 'Heimskringla'.
It notes that Woden had established the rites of worship and burial which were
observed by many early scandinavians.

"He decreed that all the dead should be burned, and put on the funeral pyre
with all their possessions. He also said that everyone should come
into Valholl with all the property that he had on the pyre, and he should also enjoy
the use of what he himself had buried in the earth, and the ashes should be
carried out to sea or buried in the earth, and mounds should be raised
in memory of men of rank...And there should be a sacrifice at the beginning
of winter for a successful year, and at midwinter for regeneration,
and a third in summer which was a sacrifice for victory."