Mimer

Role: owner of the well · First appears: Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VII · On the Wonderful Things in Heaven

Life events

• Odin left one of his eyes as a pledge to receive a drink from Mimer’s well.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VII · On the Wonderful Things in Heaven · 📍 well of Mimer)
  • With: Odin
  • “Alfather once came there and asked for a drink from the well, but he did not get it before he left one of his eyes as a pledge.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VII · On the Wonderful Things in Heaven

• protégé: Odin (Mimer is the owner of the well; Odin leaves an eye as a pledge for a drink.) “Alfather once came there and asked for a drink from the well, but he did not get it before he left one of his eyes as a pledge.”

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