Mimir
- This article is about the Norse god. For other uses of the term, see Mimir (disambiguation).
Mímir was a primal god of Norse mythology who was renowned for his knowledge and wisdom. The god Odin journeyed to the land of the giants, Jötunheimr, to acquire Mímir's omniscient knowledge and wisdom for himself. He attained it by drinking from Mímir's magical well. As a price for drinking of it Odin was forced to pluck out one of his own eyes. The poem Gylfaginning states that as keeper of the well, Mímir himself imbibes from it using the Gjallarhorn, a drinking horn which shares its name with the sounding horn used by Heimdall to announce the onset of Ragnarök. Odin returned to Asgard with Mimir's head for oracular consultation according to some accounts. Other accounts state that Mímir's head was severed and sent to Odin during the war between the Æsir and the Vanir deities. Mímir was also Hœnir's chief advisor after he became a ruler of the Vanir.
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