Odin
The Highest and
The Oldest
of all The Gods is Odin.
Odin knows Many Secrets.
He gave An Eye
for Wisdom.
More than that, for
Knowledge of Runes,
and for Power,
He Sacrificed Himself to Himself.
He hung from
The World-Tree, Yggdrasil,
hung there for nine nights.
His side was pierced by
The Point of a Spear,
which wounded him gravely.
The Winds clutched at him,
buffeted His Body as it hung.
Nothing did He eat for
nine days or nine nights,
nothing did he drink.
He was alone there, in pain,
The Light of His Life
slowly going out.
He was cold, in agony,
and on the point of death
when his sacrifice bore
Dark Fruit :
In the ecstasy of His agony
He looked down,
and
The Runes were
revealed to him.
He Knew Them,
and
Understood Them
and
Their Power.
The Rope broke then,
and he fell, screaming,
from The Tree.
Now He understood Mag!c.
Now, The World
was His to Control.
