The Blood Of Odin

Upon his shoulders perch two ravens, huginn and muninn
They circle the earth by day seeing all
At night they report to him the world's tidings.

He wears a golden helmet and a golden ring
At his side sit two wolves
His weapons a magic sword and a spear called gungnir.

They are carved with runes
His eight legged horse sleipnir
Carries him over land sea and air
The bringer of the valiant dead, the einherjar, from
The battlefield across the rainbow bridge to valhalla.

For a single drink of the enchanted water he paid with one eye
He was granted
Supreme wisdom he is the god of poetry, sorcery
And death wounded, pierced by
A spear he hung upside down for nine days
Fasting and agony he made of himself
A sacrifice to himself.

Given no bread nor mead he looked down
And with a loud cry fell screaming from the world tree
In a flash of insight the secret magic of the runes was revealed to him
He took up the runes and mastered them
Eighteen powerful charms for protection
Success in battle lovemaking
Healing and the power to bring back the dead.

His sacred blood mixed with black wind and rain wept down from the world tree deep into the earth
He commanded the earth to crack open and to spew forth the strongest of the strong!

On this day he did bestow unto the world the sons of odin!