Mimir


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(Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom

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Curt Thompson (violin) is the founding director of Mimir and was appointed Head of Strings at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 2012.
(31) Larrington adds: "From the connection between Mimir and Yggdrasil noted in the Seeress's Prophesy [Voluspa] it is possible that Hoddmimir [Rememberer of the Treasure/ Place] is another name for Mimir [Rememberer], and that the two survivors hide in Yggdrasil" (269n47).
At the court, Jack casts a spell that inadvertently causes Frith's hair to fall out, and to restore it he must go on a dangerous quest to find the magical Mimir's Well in the far-off land of the trolls and drink the song-mead it contains--with Lucy's life at stake if he does not succeed.
Some spirits were very bad: Murdeth, the realestate developer (Peter Ens), Mimir, the eye who sees all (Roy Braun).
According to another story, Mimir resided by a well that stood beneath one of the roots of Yggdrasil, the world tree.