Nine nights on the tree
Odin hung himself on Yggdrasil, wounded by his own spear, for nine nights without food or drink. On the last night he looked down, saw the runes and seized them, screaming.
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God of runes, poetry, sacrifice, war and relentless seeking. He asks what you will give up to know a thing.
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RunesWisdomPoetryDeathMagic
Symbols
Ravens Huginn and MuninnSpear GungnirValknutWolves
Correspondences
Ash treeMeadRavensWednesday
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The eye at Mímir's well
Odin gave one of his eyes to drink from Mímir's well beneath the world tree. Its water holds all wisdom.
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