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In Norse mythology, Mímisbrunnr (Old Norse "Mímir's wellspring" [1]) is a spring or well associated with the being Mímir, located beneath the world tree Yggdrasil. Mímisbrunnr is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson .
This also means that Mimir's father would be Bölþorn. [10] In the theories of Viktor Rydberg, Mímir's wife is Sinmara, named in the poem Fjölsvinnsmal. According to Rydberg, the byname Sinmara ("sinew-maimir") refers to "Mímir-Niðhad"'s "queen ordering Völund's hamstrings to be cut". [11]
Beneath the root that reaches the frost jötnar is the well Mímisbrunnr, "which has wisdom and intelligence contained in it, and the master of the well is called Mimir". Just-As-High provides details regarding Mímisbrunnr and then describes that the third root of the well "extends to heaven" and that beneath the root is the "very holy" well ...
Simek concludes that due to the location of the well, Mímameiðr is potentially another name for Yggdrasil. In addition, Simek says that Hoddmímis holt ("Hoard- Mímir 's" holt )—a wood whose name refers to the same figure and wherein Líf and Lífþrasir survive Ragnarök —may also be another name for Yggdrasil, and therefore is likely ...
The archaeologist Bengt Nordqvist interprets this belt buckle found at Finnestorp as a depiction of Odin and Mímir's Well. Finnestorp is an archaeological site in Västergötland, Sweden, where many objects from the Migration Period have been found. The site was discovered in 1902 and excavated in 2000–2004 and 2008–2012.
Jack and Lucy are freed, and Olaf's eldest son Skakki commands Olaf's ship and takes Jack and Lucy back to their village. On the way, Thorgil demonstrates her new talent for poetry by composing Jack and Jill based on their encounter with Mimir's Well, while Rune gives Jack a few spare drops of song-mead. Jack and Lucy return to the village ...
I am of the understanding that Mimir was a giant rather than a God, which he is said to be in the article Mimir's Well. After all Mimir did live in Jotunheim, the realm of the giants, and this is were the Well existed too. User:Yggur 09:24, 26 August 2008 (UTC) Mímir is never stated as a jötunn anywhere in surviving literature.
Upon arrival in Vanaheim, Hœnir, described here as large, handsome, and thought of by the vanir well-suited to be a chief, was immediately made chief. There, Hœnir was indecisive and relied on Mímir for all of his decisions, grunting noncommital answers when Mímir was absent.