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Athelstan ([personal profile] thralls) wrote in [community profile] asgardeventide 2014-06-03 07:41 am (UTC)

[He nods.]

Odin- he is a general, but he is known throughout the lands for his wisdom. It is said that Mímisbrunnr- the sacred well of Mímir, located in the roots of Yggdrasil- contains immeasurable wisdom and knowledge of the world. Odin offered his eye to Mímir in exchange for drinking from this well.

[When he speaks, it's soft, hesitant, reciting from memory rather than from a story he knows by heart. Still, he does his best.]

In another event, he hanged himself from the world tree- for nine days and nine nights, he suspended himself from the branches, spears run through his body, in order to give him the wisdom he needed to hold his power throughout the nine worlds. [Athelstan finally looks back up toward the video and offers Albus a little smile.] Knowledge and wisdom are revered in the culture of the North- though not in the same way that many others see it.

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