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    mythology, Mímisbrunnr (Old Norse "Mímir's well") is a well associated with the being Mímir, located beneath the world tree Yggdrasil. Mímisbrunnr is attested...
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    in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the dragon Níðhöggr, an unnamed...
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  • roots of the cosmic tree Yggdrasil (the other two are Urðarbrunnr and Mímisbrunnr), and that within the spring are a vast amount of snakes and the dragon...
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    two wells being Hvergelmir, located beneath a root in Niflheim, and Mímisbrunnr, located beneath a root near the home of the frost jötnar. Scholarly...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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    Sturluson in the 13th century. Mímir's name appears in the names of the well Mímisbrunnr, and the names Mímameiðr and Hoddmímis holt, which scholars generally...
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    in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the dragon Níðhöggr, an unnamed...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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    tells Odin that she knows where he has hidden his eye; in the spring Mímisbrunnr, and from it "Mímir drinks mead every morning". After Odin gives her...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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    Gjallarhorn, they will assemble at a thing, Óðinn will ride to the well Mímisbrunnr and consult Mímir on behalf of himself and his people, the world tree...
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    Just-As-High says that one of the three roots of Yggdrasil reaches to the well Mímisbrunnr, which belongs to Mímir, and contains much wisdom and intelligence. Using...
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  • Yggdrasil, an ever-green ash-tree: Urðarbrunnr, where the gods hold court Mímisbrunnr, the place of Wóden's ordeal Hvergelmir, the wellspring of cold Connla's...
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  • Scandinavian peninsula or the southwestern part of what is now Finland. Mímisbrunnr A well associated with the being Mímir, located beneath the world tree...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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    his might. The gods awaken at the sound, and they meet. Odin rides to Mímisbrunnr in search of counsel from Mímir. Yggdrasil shakes, and everything, everywhere...
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    Poetic Edda in Old Norse from heimskringla.no "Eddic to English", www.mimisbrunnr.info , review of all English translations to 2018 The Elder Eddas of...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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  • Scandinavian Religions. Cosimo, Inc. ISBN 1-59605-416-6. Joseph S. Hopkins for Mimisbrunnr.info, November 2021. Lokka Táttur. 1. Introduction. Rydberg 1886, p....
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  • 2020. "Nigon Wyrta Galdor: Popularly Known as the Nine Herbs Charm". Mimisbrunnr.info. Accessed February 2023. Hostetter, Aaron K. 2023. "The Metrical...
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    Nordic for this comic at the Raptus Festival in Bergen, Norway. Soma Mímisbrunnr Salmon of Knowledge Culture hero Icelandic: skáldskaparmjöður Icelandic:...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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  • tree"), generally thought to refer to the world tree Yggdrasil, and Mímisbrunnr. Based on this association, all three have been theorized as either being...
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  • cock is named Víðópnir: Scholar Rudolf Simek connects Mímameiðr with Mímisbrunnr ("Mímir's well"), which is located beneath one of the three roots of...
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    in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the harts Dáinn, Dvalinn...
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    gods. The gods will meet and hold a thing. Odin will ride to the well Mímisbrunnr and will consult Mímir on behalf of himself and his people. Yggdrasil...
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    youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. (Medieval legend) Mímisbrunnr (Mímir's well), a well associated with the being Mímir, located beneath...
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    Vígríðr Bifröst Fólkvangr Ginnungagap Hel (location) Muspelheim Niflheim Mímisbrunnr Hvergelmir Urðarbrunnr Yggdrasill Valhalla Jötunheimr Rituals and worship...
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    Urðarbrunnr (where three norns live and the gods meet to give judgement) and Mímisbrunnr (associated with the wise being Mímir). Gods and other supernatural beings...
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