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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  3. Search for Wisdom

Search for Wisdom

The following tales were about the god Odin's search for wisdom and magical powers to avoid his doom and the destruction of the gods and the Nine Worlds at Ragnarök. His search leads him to break solemn oaths and terrible sacrifices.

Thirst for Knowledge and Power

Thirst for Knowledge and Power

Well of Knowledge

Well of Knowledge

Head of Mimir

Head of Mimir

Mead of Poetry

Mead of Poetry

Sacrifice: Hanging and Runes

Sacrifice: Hanging and Runes

Vafthrudnir: Contest of Wisdom

Vafthrudnir: Contest of Wisdom

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Norse Sagas:

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  • • Ragnarok
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  • • House of Skiold
  • • Gautreks Saga
  • • Dietrich Legend
  • • Kudrun
  • • Beowulf
Thirst for Knowledge and Power

Thirst for Knowledge and Power

Knowledge is power, so the saying goes. Which means that secret knowledge is secret power. Odin did not seek knowledge for its own sake. Rather, he tried to find a way to circumvent the destruction of the gods and the world that he helped to creat...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Vafthrudnir: Contest of Wisdom

Vafthrudnir: Contest of Wisdom

The dialogue in Vafthrudnismal ("Vafthrudnir's Sayings") begin with Odin telling his wife Frigg that he would visit the giant Vafthrudnir , who was reputed to be the wisest of giants. Frigg would have preferred that Odin stay at home, rather than ...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Odin

Odin

Odin: The Norse King of the Gods Odin was the chief of all the gods in Norse mythology. Because of his high status as king of the gods, he was also called the All-Father. He was a warrior, poet, and magician, and he ruled over the Aesir tribe of t...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Doom of Odin

Doom of Odin

Doom of Odin from Prophecy of the Sibyl "I find no comfort in the shade Under the branch of the Great Ash. I remember the mist of our ancient past. As I speak to you in the present, My ancient eyes see the terrible future. "Do you not see what I s...

March 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Well of Knowledge

Well of Knowledge

The Well of Knowledge was near one of the three roots of Yggdrasill. Yggdrasill or the World Tree was the giant cosmic ash tree that covered the nine worlds. The roots extended from three of the worlds: one from Asgard, the next one from the world...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Mimir

Mimir

The wisest god of the Aesir. During the peace between two warring tribes of gods, the Aesir and Vanir, the two sides exchanged hostages. The Aesir received Njörd (Njord) and Freyr , while the Vanir received Mimir and Hoenir . When they discovered ...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Sacrifice: Hanging and Runes

Sacrifice: Hanging and Runes

In the Havamal ("Sayings of the High One"), Odin recorded the time he spent learning the magic from runes. 138 I know that I hanged on a windy tree nine long nights wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree of which n...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Odin

Odin

Ruler of universe and leader of the Aesir. Odin was the son of the giants Bor and Bestla . He, along with his brothers, Ve (Lodur) and Vili (Hœnir) created the universe. When he and his brothers created the first man and woman, named Askr and Embl...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Head of Mimir

Head of Mimir

There was a different story on how Odin gained knowledge from Mimir , but this version took place in a different circumstance that had nothing to do with the Well of Mimir. After the war against the Vanir , the Aesir and Vanir exchanged hostages a...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Mead of Poetry

Mead of Poetry

Kvasir Shortly after the war between Aesir and Vanir , there was a hostage exchange between the two warring tribes. Kvasir , the wisest among the Vanir, joined Njörd and his son Freyr as hostages to the Aesir. Receiving these three gods gained Aes...

October 10th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe

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