Mímir
Norse · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Odin's wisdom has two sources and this is one of them; the other is the eye he left in the well that bears the same name. A registry that holds Odin the all-knowing without Mímir is holding the effect and not the cause. The detail the sources will not let go of is that the head keeps talking: it is not a memory or a symbol, it is a preserved head on a shelf that answers questions.
Domains
- wisdom
- counsel
Relations
- companion: HœnirThe hostage he was sent with, and the reason he was beheaded.Reference treatment of Mimir and Hoenir sent together to the Vanir as hostages. (secondary)
- guide of: OdinAfter death and in the form of a head, which is the arrangement the sources are explicit about.Reference treatment of the preserved head giving Odin indispensable advice. (secondary)
Sources
- Mímir is the wisest of the Æsir, sent to the Vanir as a hostage with Hœnir, beheaded by them, and preserved by Odin as a head that continued to give counsel.: Reference treatments of Mímir, the Æsir-Vanir war and Mímir's head. (secondary)