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** Mercury/Hermes from [[Classical Mythology|Graeco-Roman myth]] also has a hat like this. It may be partly this dress choice (along with the common interest in poetry) that led the Romans and Germanic peoples to identify Woden/Odin/Wotan with Mercury, on the face of it a rather odd match. |
** Mercury/Hermes from [[Classical Mythology|Graeco-Roman myth]] also has a hat like this. It may be partly this dress choice (along with the common interest in poetry) that led the Romans and Germanic peoples to identify Woden/Odin/Wotan with Mercury, on the face of it a rather odd match. |
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** Since Mat Cauthon from the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' is an Odin [[Expy]], he gains a really nice wide-brimmed hat in ''The Shadow Rising'' that he wears constantly even in battle. |
** Since Mat Cauthon from the ''[[Wheel of Time]]'' is an Odin [[Expy]], he gains a really nice wide-brimmed hat in ''The Shadow Rising'' that he wears constantly even in battle. |
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** Similarly, Gandalf from [[The Hobbit (novel)|Tolkien's]] [[Lord of the Rings|works]] had his appearance directly based off of Odin, complete with the iconic traveler's hat. This is where the popular image of a wizard wearing robes and having a wide-brimmed pointy hat come from. |
** Similarly, Gandalf from [[The Hobbit (novel)|Tolkien's]] [[The Lord of the Rings|works]] had his appearance directly based off of Odin, complete with the iconic traveler's hat. This is where the popular image of a wizard wearing robes and having a wide-brimmed pointy hat come from. |
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** Also in the wide-brimmed-hat club is [[wikipedia:Ankou|Ankou]], the Breton version of [[The Grim Reaper]]. Doesn't get much more awesome than [https://web.archive.org/web/20140225124440/http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/html/2b-frnz-s-01/overmann/baf4/bretagne/le_char_de_l_ankou%5B1%5D.jpg that]. |
** Also in the wide-brimmed-hat club is [[wikipedia:Ankou|Ankou]], the Breton version of [[The Grim Reaper]]. Doesn't get much more awesome than [https://web.archive.org/web/20140225124440/http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/html/2b-frnz-s-01/overmann/baf4/bretagne/le_char_de_l_ankou%5B1%5D.jpg that]. |
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* [[Santa Claus]]' hat is basically synonymous with Christmas. |
* [[Santa Claus]]' hat is basically synonymous with Christmas. |
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- Odin had a wide-brimmed hat along with his cloak whenever he went out for a stroll or to impregnate Jotun women and so on.
- Mercury/Hermes from Graeco-Roman myth also has a hat like this. It may be partly this dress choice (along with the common interest in poetry) that led the Romans and Germanic peoples to identify Woden/Odin/Wotan with Mercury, on the face of it a rather odd match.
- Since Mat Cauthon from the Wheel of Time is an Odin Expy, he gains a really nice wide-brimmed hat in The Shadow Rising that he wears constantly even in battle.
- Similarly, Gandalf from Tolkien's works had his appearance directly based off of Odin, complete with the iconic traveler's hat. This is where the popular image of a wizard wearing robes and having a wide-brimmed pointy hat come from.
- Also in the wide-brimmed-hat club is Ankou, the Breton version of The Grim Reaper. Doesn't get much more awesome than that.
- Santa Claus' hat is basically synonymous with Christmas.
- The voodoo god Papa Legba (a.k.a. Baron Samedi) is traditionally shown wearing a Nice Top Hat (as shown here).
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