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In Norse mythology, for how many days did Odin hang himself on the world-tree Yggdrasil to gain knowledge of the runes?
Answer
Nine days
According to the Old Norse poem Hávamál, Odin hung himself on Yggdrasil, wounded by a spear, for nine days and nights without food or water as a ritual self-sacrifice. At the end of this ordeal he perceived the runes, gaining their magical power and secret knowledge.
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Norse god Odin sacrificed his own eye at a well to gain wisdom, then hung himself on Yggdrasil for nine days to learn rune magic.
Other options people guess
- Three days
- Seven days
- Twelve days
Topics
- norse
- odin
- runes
- yggdrasil
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