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List of Gods : "God Mimir" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
God name "MIMIR"	Nordic / Icelandic	God of wisdom and inspiration. An AESIR god who lives in the world of the Frost Giants. He guards the well of knowledge, filled by a spring which flows beneath the world Tree, Yggdrasil, and which is supplied from the primeval waters. The god OTHIN drank from the spring to acquire knowledge, having forfeited one of his eyes to Mimir. Said to be the wisest among the gods. According to some sources he was sent as hostage to the VANIR in their war with the Aesir and was killed by them (see Othin). Some authors argue that he is more properly a giant than a god. Said to be accompanied often by the silent god HOENIR. Mimir warns Othin of the final onslaught at Ragnarok (doom)....
God name "Well of Wisdom"	Scandinavian	This was the well under the protection of the god Mimir. Odin, by drinking thereof, became the wisest of all beings. Scandinavian

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