According to the Poetic Edda "The Words of Odin," Odin hangs on the world ash tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days and nine nights.

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In Norse mythology, Odin was the ruler of Asgard, the home of the gods. His uncle was Mimir, said to be a sorcerer. The Vanir were fertility and nature gods, and enemies of the warrior gods, of whom Odin was one. The Vnair killed Mimur and later his head becomes an oracular device. According to the Havamal, the Poetic Edda "The Words of Odin," Odin hangs on the world ash tree, the Yggdrasil, for nine days and nine nights, as seen here in this 1905 illustration. Each nine Odin visited one of the branches. On each branch hung one of the nine worlds and in each was one of the nine runes. And that is how Odin came to have a knowledge of the runes, which are connected with Norse mythology - and divination and magic. Runes are actually an ancient Germanic alphabet.

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