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Beneath the roots of which cosmic tree did Odin sacrifice his eye at Mimir's well, according to Norse mythology?
Answer
Yggdrasil
Mimir's well lies beneath one of the three roots of Yggdrasil, the great world tree that connects the Norse cosmos, and it was there that Odin traded his eye for wisdom.
💡 Did you know?
Norse Ragnarök predicts the world's destruction, yet Odin willingly sacrificed his eye to *know it would happen*—choosing knowledge over ignorance of doom.
Other options people guess
- Bifrost
- Valhalla
- Asgard
Topics
- norse-mythology
- odin
- yggdrasil
- cosmology
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