Odin offers his eye

There hadn't been long time since Odin with his brothers created Ask and Embla when Vili and Ve suddenly dissapeared. Odin had called for them several times and locked for them in every place where he thought they might be. Then Odin asked the eagle Hraesvelg in the top of Yggdrasil. But the eagle didn't know anything, and the same said the squirrel Ratatosk and the rooster Gyllenkamme. Odin then went to Mimir's well by Yggdrasil's middle-root to ask the wisest of them all, Mimer. But Mimir shaked his head in sorrow and said that he wasn't allowed to tell Odin what he knew. Then Odin asked if he possibly could have a zip of the water in the knowledge-well so that he could see for himself, but Mimir gave him a negative answer again. But Odin was obstinate and after a short while they decided that Odin was going to put his right eye in the well and after that drink as much water that he wanted. Odin ripped out his eye and let it sink down in the well. Mimir filled his horn with water and gave it to Odin. He drank it, but there was no need for it, because his eye in the bottom of the well could already see clearly what had happened to his brothers. Odin got on his feet and went home. The destiny of his brothers he kept for himself.

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