> this verse by Þjóðólfr inn hvinverski

(Has also been treated as part of Haraldskvæði by Þorbjörn hornklofi,
in which case the words are spoken by an approving raven.)

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@...> wrote:
>
>
> I'd answer the same way as Jamie did. Neither eye is specified in
> Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (trsn. Angela Hall); Odin is
> just said to sacrifice "an eye". Neither eye is specified in the
> prose of Gylfaginning, nor in the corresponding stanza from Völuspá.
>
> Þar kom Alföðr ok beiddist eins drykkjar af brunninum, en hann fekk
> eigi, fyrr en hann lagði auga sitt at veði. Svá segir í Völuspá:
>
> "All-father (=Odin) came there (to Mimir's well) and asked for a drink
> from the well, but he didn't get one till he'd pledged his eye. So it
> says in Völuspá:"
>
> Allt veit ek, Óðinn,
> hvar þú auga falt,
> í þeim inum mæra
> Mímisbrunni.
> Drekkr mjöð Mímir
> morgin hverjan
> af veði Valföðrs.
> Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?
>
> "I know all, Odin, where you hid your eye in the famous well of Mimir.
> Mimir drinks mead every morning from Val-father's (=Odin's) pledge.
> Do you understand yet (or: do you know more), or what?"
>
> Völsunga saga:
>
> Hann var hár mjök ok eldiligr ok einsýnn.
> "He was very tall, old-looking and one-eyed."
>
> Hann hafði eitt auga ok geir í hendi.
> "He had one eye and a spear in his hand."
>
> Þá kom at einn maðr, hár ok eldiligr, með eitt auga...
> "Then a man came up, tall and old-looking, with one eye..."
>
> Of four pictures in the Wikipedia entry on Odin, two have the left eye
> missing, two the right eye [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin#_note-0
> ]. While the text of the article does specify the left eye, it
> doesn't source the claim. The footnote at the end of the following
> sentence directs us to Anthony Faulkes translation of Skáldskaparmál
> (without any page reference), but I think this is probably just a
> reference for the story of Odin's theft of the mead. I searched an
> online text of Skáldskaparmál for the strings 'aug' and 'eyg', and all
> I found about Odin's eye was this verse by Þjóðólfr inn hvinverski
> about a battle:
>
> Valr lá þar á sandi,
> vitinn inum eineygja
> Friggjar faðmbyggvi,
> fögnuðum dáð slíkri.
>
> "The dead lay there on the sand, destined for the one-eyed dweller in
> the embrace of Frigg (i.e. Frigg's husband, Odin). We rejoiced in
> such a deed / such daring."
>
> I also searched online texts (with normalised spelling) of likely
> Eddic poems for the string 'aug' but without finding any clue about
> which eye Odin gave up.
>
> A cursory look at the Internet shows claims either way, for left and
> right (which undermine those statements that claim one or the other to
> be "generally believed"), as well as opinions that there is no
> evidence in Old Norse texts. Most claims for a specific eye are
> backed up by nothing at all. Some are backed up by rationalisations
> based on personal symbolism or intuition; at least one is supported by
> a dream! Possibly my favourite is: "You need to check the
> literature...Odin snatched out his own RIGHT eye to give to Mimir. Not
> his left" - with, of course, no hint about where to look. I haven't
> found any claim for a specific eye yet which even mentions a
> particular Old Norse source, but my knowledge is incomplete too, so I
> can't rule out the possibility that some exists. Maybe
> "forever_twisted_rocker" can enlighten us?
>
> LN
>
>
>
>
> --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "forever_twisted_rocker"
> <forever_twisted_rocker@> wrote:
> >
> > Odin offered his left eye. I have done various research over the
> > years that all say the left eye was given to be used as insight to
> > certain upcoming, or somthing of the sort.
> >
> >
> > --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Jamie Fessenden"
> > <wyrdplace@> wrote:
> > >
> > > To the best of my knowledge, which eye he lost is never specified
> > in the archaic written sources. I could be wrong, of course -- I
> > haven't read the entire corpus of Norse literature, and it's also
> > possible I did read it, but don't remember. But I think later
> > authors and artists simply chose whichever eye seemed right to them.
> > >
> > > Jamie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: victor_akl_nz
> > > To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:35 PM
> > > Subject: [norse_course] Eye of Odin
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all, just wondering if anyone on the list could enlighten me
> > as to
> > > the source/s that refer to Odin's missing eye and if they
> > actually
> > > state which eye he kept and which eye was missing.
> > >
> > > I've come across various authors who seem to differ in oppinion
> > to each
> > > other which was actually missing and it would be good to clarify
> > this.
> > > Any help much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Victor.
> > >
> >
>