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Having hanged himself and acquired the runes, the poet/Óðinn relates how the runes faciltate further knowledge gathering.
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Hávm ch. 140
140.
| Fimbulljóð níu nam ef af inum ... | ... |
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commentary
context
Designed to exemplify human social wisdom and culminating in Óðinn recounting his own quest for knowledge, Hávamál contains four primary stanzas which detail Óðinn’s ritual hanging.
commentary
It appears that through use of the runes, Óðinn is able to take knowledge from his dead maternal uncle (Bǫlþór) as well as acquiring the Mead of Poetry.
(Contributed by Douglas Robert Dutton.)
tags
Main text: Hávamál
Attributes: Knowledge of the dead
Named things: Óðinn Bestla Bǫlþór Óðrœrir
Text sections: Hávm 140