Heavenly piece of wood at the pine centre (4)

I believe the answer is:

odin

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(Other definitions for odin that I've seen before include "Old Scandinavian" , "Scandinavian war god" , "who's worshipped" , "Chief Norse god" , "The supreme Norse god and creator" .)

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