Mimir

/ ˈmiːmɪə /

noun

1. Norse myth a giant who guarded the well of wisdom near the roots of Yggdrasil

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Along with their pal Mimir — the disembodied head of “the smartest man alive” — they set out on an odyssey spanning multiple dimensions.

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Another well beneath another root was the Well of Knowledge, guarded by Mimir the Wise.

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All the wisdom of Mimir’s well was his, and the wisdom he had gained from hanging from the world-tree, a sacrifice to himself.

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Odin greeted the kind old giant, and said, “Oh, Mimir, I have come from far-away Asgard to ask a great boon!”

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But under the root that stretches out towards the Frost-giants there is Mimir’s Well, in which wisdom and wit lie hidden.

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