The Council of Odin the One-Eyed

A brief analysis of the Havamal

By Georg von Rosen — Appeared in the 1893 Swedish translation of the Poetic Edda. Immediate source: http://www.ginnungagap.info/gge_pic6.asp (accessed July 14th 2005). Taken from the English Wikipedia., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=225899

In my quest for wisdom, I have sought to look in a lot of places and a lot of cultures.

One culture where I realized I knew nothing about (among many others) was the Old Norse/Viking culture.

A friend of mine is obsessed with learning about this culture and having him as a resource for the mythology has…