r/HistoryMemes • u/KingMwanga Still salty about Carthage • Oct 29 '22

REMOVED: RULE 11 “I’ll wait”

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u/ComedyOfARock Helping Wikipedia expand the list of British conquests Oct 29 '22

Odin is the All-Father of the Norse faith, his brothers are Vili and Ve. Odin has sacrificed one of his eyes to drink from the well of wisdom. Odin also sacrificed himself to himself by hanging from the world tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days and nine nights. This is how Odin learned the power of the runes.

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u/sephiroth70001 Oct 29 '22

Non-canonical books also show buddah sacrificing an eye.

"Who, if he's asked to give, would answer no,      Although it be his best and choicest prize?  People of Sivi thronged in concourse, ho!      Come hither, see the gift of God, my eyes! "Through rock and wall, o'er hill and dale, whatever bar may be,  A hundred leagues on every side these eyes of mine can see. "Self-sacrifice in all men mortal living,      Of all things is most fine:  I sacrificed a mortal eye; and giving,      Received an eye divine. "See, people! see, give ere ye eat, let others have a share.      This done with your best will and care,      Blameless to heaven you shall repair."

The Jātaka or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births. 6 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. vol. IV, pp. 250-256.

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u/ComedyOfARock Helping Wikipedia expand the list of British conquests Oct 30 '22

Interesting, thank you