Odin....

I have been on a long catsitting job with a friend's marmalade cat, an orange tiger named ODIN.  WHAT a sweetie!  If you are intellectually curious and the name ODIN strikes a chord, you are like "some sort of Norse god, thunder or something..." and so you read wiki and find

the Allfather of the gods

and

Odin is a principal member of the Æsir(the major group of the Norse pantheon) and is associated with war, battle, victory and death, but also wisdom, Shamanism, magic, poetry, prophecy, and the hunt. Odin has many sons, the most famous of whom is the thunder god Thor.

Then you start to think "OOOOH, the root of that name Odin or Wodan--do a little trimming and add G and you get GOD! "

YES, the family has a Swedish background. But like I say, he is a HUGE sweetie. He doesn't even hunt, although birds cluck at him nervously.  We play inside then go outdoors where he has a fenced yard...which he stays in until I shake the crunchies in the kitchen and he comes running....

A week ago, post allergist visit, I told you my 43 item skin test showed severe allergic reactions to most,  allergic to all 43.  Number one was, ahem, when the doctor said as the pricks had just been made and the test began, tapping my back "there goes your cat!".  Nothing new there, my dog was next.... but I am USED to them.  I don't seem to react to them.  BUT holy CATS, rubbing faces with Odin here?  I am NOT used to him.  Got the swollen face and the runny nose (which passed, no probs).  ...but he is worth it....