Concerned with wisdom, Odin once gave up one of his own eyes and hung for 9 days & nights from a tree in order to gain it. Odin gives this wisdom, along with the Runes—the old Norse written alphabet that has magical powers—& the special liquor that transforms its drinker into a poet, to the race of men.
a) Odin's Sacrifice
b) Wisdom of the Gods
c) The Hanging Tree
d) Runes and Poetry
