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The Poetic Edda on Mimir

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relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Mimir and Othin.

"29. I know where Othin's | eye is hidden, Deep in the wide-famed | well of Mimir; Mead from the pledge | of Othin each morn Does Mimir drink: | would you know yet more?"

attestation: Mimir drinks the magic mead from Othin's eye and pours water on the ash Yggdrasil

"It appears here and in stanza 29 as a drinking-vessel, from which Mimir drinks the magic mead, and from which he pours water on the ash Yggdrasil."
attestation: The sons of Mim are spirits of the water, and Mimir's Gjallarhorn is the 'Shrieking Horn' with which Heimdall calls the gods to the last battle

"The sons of Mim: the spirits of the water. On Mim (or Mimir) cf. stanza 27 and note. Gjallarhorn: the "Shrieking Horn" with which Heimdall, the watchman of the gods, calls them to the last battle."
attestation: After the Wanes cut off Mimir's head and returned it, Othin embalmed it and gave it the power of speech through magic

"the Wanes cut off his head and returned it to the gods. Othin embalmed the head, and by magic gave it the power of speech, thus making Mimir's noted wisdom always available."
attestation: Mimir has been suggested as the unnamed son of Bolthorn who taught Othin nine magic songs.

"it has been suggested that this son of Bolthorn was Mimir"