He hung pierced with his own spear Gungnir for nine days in order to obtain the runes, and gave one eye for a drink from Mimir's well.
At one point he pretends to be a man named Bolwerk in order to obtain from Suttung's daughter the mead made from the blood of Kvassir. In another disguise, he embedds the blade Balmung in the tree Branstock, prophesying that only the mightiest of the Volsungs shall draw it forth. It is unknown what he whispered into the ear of his dead son as that son laid on the funeral pyre, onto which this god also dropped his ring Draupnir. He hung pierced with his own spear Gungnir for nine days in order to obtain the runes, and gave one eye for a drink from Mimir's well. Attended by his wolves, Geri and Freki, and his ravens, Hugin and Munin, for ten points, who is this son of Buri and the father of Thor and Baldur, the chief of the Norse gods?
At one point he pretends to be a man named Bolwerk in order to obtain from Suttung's daughter the mead made from the blood of Kvassir.
{Odin} or {Othin} or {Wotan}