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Mímir
Mímir (
Old Norse "The rememberer, the wise one") or
Mim is a figure in
Norse mythology renowned for his knowledge and wisdom who is beheaded during the
Æsir-Vanir War. Afterward, the god
Odin carries around Mímir's head and it recites secret knowledge and counsel to him.
Mimir
Noun
1. (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom
(hypernym) giant
(classification) Norse mythology
Mimir
[Norse] Mimir is the giant in Norse mythology who guards the "Well of the Highest Wisdom", situated in Jotunheim under of the roots of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. He stands half-immersed in the water and on his powerful shoulders he is supporting the Kjolen Mountains. It is said that he has been standing there since the beginning of time and that with the passing of millennia he became part of the mountain itself. The chief god Odin sacrificed an eye for a drink from the Well. In some sources, however, it is the head of the god Mimir who guards the Well of Wisdom, and not a giant.
Mimir
Mimir, Mimer (Icelandic, Scandinavian) In Norse mythology, the foremost of giants representing space on nine levels of existence, of which our physical space is but one -- the number nine may stand for an infinite continuum rather than a precise figure.
Mimir is owner of the well of wisdom (Mimisbrunnr), of which Odin, the living deity, drinks each day (life). For this privilege he had to forfeit one eye, which is kept at the bottom of the well. Symbolically Odin (divine consciousness) enters spheres of life in space and partakes of the waters of wisdom through experience. In doing so he "raises the runes (of wisdom) with song," i.e., with motion, life, activity. At the same time the matter-giant Mimir partakes of Allfather's forfeit (divine vision) as he quaffs the waters.
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