UPON HIS SHOULDERS PERCH TWO RAVENS, HUGINN AND MUNINN. THEY CIRCLE THE EARTH BY
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DAY SEEING ALL, AT NIGHT THEY REPORT TO HIM THE WORLDĄŻS TIDINGS. HE WEARS A GOLDEN
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HELMET AND A GOLDEN RING, AT HIS SIDE SIT TWO WOLVES. HIS WEAPONS A MAGIC SWORD
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AND A SPEAR CALLED GUNGNIR, THEY ARE CARVED WITH RUNES. HIS EIGHT LEGGED HORSE SLEIPNIR
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CARRIES HIM OVER LAND SEA AND AIR, THE BRINGER OF THE VALIANT DEAD, THE EINHERJAR, FROM
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THE BATTLEFIELD ACROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE TO VALHALLA.
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FOR A SINGLE DRINK OF THE ENCHANTED WATER HE PAID WITH ONE EYE, HE WAS GRANTED
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SUPREME WISDOM. HE IS THE GOD OF POETRY, SORCERY, AND DEATH. WOUNDED, PIERCED BY
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A SPEAR HE HUNG UPSIDE DOWN FOR NINE DAYS. FASTING AND AGONY HE MADE OF HIMSELF
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A SACRIFICE TO HIMSELF. GIVEN NO BREAD NOR MEAD HE LOOKED DOWN, AND WITH A LOUD
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CRY FELL SCREAMING FROM THE WORLD TREE. IN A FLASH OF INSIGHT THE SECRET MAGIC OF THE
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RUNES WAS REVEALED TO HIM. HE TOOK UP THE RUNES AND MASTERED THEM, EIGHTEEN POWERFUL
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CHARMS FOR PROTECTION, SUCCESS IN BATTLE, LOVEMAKING, HEALING AND THE POWER TO BRING
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BACK THE DEAD.
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HIS SACRED BLOOD MIXED WITH BLACK WIND AND RAIN WEPT DOWN FROM THE WORLD TREE
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DEEP INTO THE EARTH. HE COMMANDED THE EARTH TO CRACK OPEN AND TO SPEW FORTH THE
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STRONGEST OF THE STRONG!
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ON THIS DAY HE DID BESTOW UNTO THE WORLD THE SONS OF ODIN!
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The Blood Of Odin
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| Manowar |
