Talk:Mímir

Origin

What's about origin of Mimir? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.86.230.114 (talk • contribs) 13:54, 21 April 2008

Mimir- God or Giant?

I am of the understanding that Mimir was a giant rather than a God, which he is said to be in the article Mimir's Well. After all Mimir did live in Jotunheim, the realm of the giants, and this is were the Well existed too. User:Yggur 09:24, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Mímir is never stated as a jötunn anywhere in surviving literature. Rather, Mímir seems to be some sort of wise, primordial being associated with Yggdrasil through the term "Mímameiðr" as another term for the tree, and the well and the forest named after him - all considered to be around the same area. Basically, it would appear surviving sources don't give the whole picture. :bloodofox: (talk) 03:47, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps such an issue as identification of exactly what race Mimir belonged to and the confusion surrounding it should be noted within this article. User:Yggur 09:03, 26 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.163.44.240 (talk)

The fact that Mímir is not assigned much of a background is not at all unique among attested figures in surviving accounts of Norse mythology. By the way, you can sign your name just by typing ~~~~ at the end of your posts. :bloodofox: (talk) 09:12, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

By the way, while Mímir is not directly called a jötunn anywhere, his name appears in a list of jötunn in Skáldskaparmál, as well as appearing in a kenning for "jötunn". His name also appears as an element of the jötunn name Sökkmímir, which I will add soon. These three things are likely where the notion of Mímir-as-jötunn comes from, though they're not supported or elaborated on elsewhere as far as I know. I'll add the rest of the kennings soon. :bloodofox: (talk) 09:54, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

According to Another Site

according to a another site "Mimir" or how it is refered in the other site "Mirmir" but is refered as so consistantley. Mimir fathered the Alfar/Elven race. see "Dwarves" entry: "Dwarves - See Svartalfar or Dvergar. Dwarves were Ivaldi's sons, but the Elves were Mirmir's sons. The Dwarves are short and greedy beings that were magots in the prehistoric Giant Ymir's body. Like goblins they fear the sun. The Dwarves are often evil-minded, but they are talented smiths and they have forged mostly of the Æsirs' treasures. They live in knotholes and caves, some of them in Svartalfheim. Nyi, Nidi, Nordri, Sudri, Austri, Vestri, Althiolf ("Mighty Thief"), Dvalin, Nar, Nain, Niping, Dain, Bifur, Bofur, Nori, Ori, Onar, Oin, Modvitnir ("Mead-Wolf"), Vig, Gandalf ("Magic Elf"), Vindalf ("Wind Elf"), Thorin, Fili, Kili, Fundin, Vali, Thror, Throin, Thekk, Lit, Vitr, Nyr, Nyrad, Rekk, Radsvinn ("Swift in Counsel"), Draupnir, Dolgthvari, Hor, Hugstari, Hlediolf, Gloin, Dori, Duf, Andvari, Heptifili, Har, Siar, Skirpir, Virpir, Skafinn, Ai, Alf, Ingi, Eikinskialdi ("Oak Shield"), Fal, Frosti, Finn, Ginnar." source: http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/gods.html Keyth2363214 20:51 13/9/2010 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.246.192.126 (talk) 19:53, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

There is no such attestation. This is someone's theory, and the fact that no reference is provided just goes to show how problematic that site is. :bloodofox: (talk) 13:18, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Please, Bloodofox, can you tell me - should we make a small attestation of Mimir's family? Based on the teory of Rydberg about his sister (?) Bestla.--Mychele (talk)

Hello Mychele. Sure, this does deserve mention here, and this article could be much expanded (in fact, looking at it, it's clear that I need to go through it, reference it all out, and expand from there). You may notice that I have rewritten Bestla, and so, if you were not already aware, perhaps why Bestla is thought by some to be Mimir's sister will be more clear. Notably, this is an idea that isn't limited to Rydberg but also extends into modern scholarly circles.  :) :bloodofox: (talk) 01:56, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

I notice it I will make a reference on this on Mimir's page. Thank you :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.53.179.232 (talk) 14:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

No problem. :) :bloodofox: (talk) 19:37, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Move

As shown, inter alia, by the editors on this page, the WP:COMMON WP:ENGLISH name of this figure is Mimir, not the hypercorrect Mímir. We can (and should) mention the accented use in the first line but we shouldn't pretend that's actually the only (or even usual) correct form in the English language. — LlywelynII 22:52, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

We're using the Old Norse form here because it's the most commonly employed in academia, which makes up the vast bulk of the mentions of the figure. This isn't a situation like Thor, Odin, or valkyrie. :bloodofox: (talk) 13:34, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

The origin of the last name Mims. I was told and highly believe it originated from Norway.

Look; past things, what I have seen that it originated from Britain, but it just does not make any sense. Cause I have researched and Mimir keeps popping up, plus Mimir was the Norwegian God Odin's uncle. And the British claim that Mims came from a town in Britain in the 12 century and those particular Britain's call themselves Norfolk. I just don't buy it, cause 23 and me says I am of Scandinavian descent and my last name is Mims. And up to the 12th century our last name was pronounced Mimms. 2601:4C3:8100:CCF0:19F2:4181:AEE1:1287 (talk) 21:23, 7 December 2021 (UTC)