The Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX) on Mit-othin
The Danish History, > Book One.
attestation: Mit-othin exploited Odin's absence to impersonate a god through juggling tricks
"one Mit-othin, who was famous for his juggling tricks, was likewise quickened, as though by inspiration from on high, to seize the opportunity of feigning to be a god"
attestation: Mit-othin reformed sacrificial practices by forbidding mixed offerings and assigning each god a specific drink-offering
"forbade that prayers for this end should be put up without distinction, appointing to each of those above his especial drink-offering"
attestation: Mit-othin fled to Finland upon Odin's return and was killed by the inhabitants there
"when Odin was returning, he cast away all help of jugglings, went to Finland to hide himself, and was there attacked and slain by the inhabitants"
attestation: Mit-othin's burial mound spread pestilence; the inhabitants exhumed, beheaded, and staked his body to end the curse
"those who came nigh his barrow were cut off by a kind of sudden death"