padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
you can't really get a sense of comparative mythology from a wikipedia page
for example, Odin traveled to Mimir's well in order to gain cosmic - or divine, true, however you want to put it - knowledge, for which he traded one of his eyes
Mimir's well was supposed to be by the roots of Yggdrasil, which isn't the Scandinavian analogue of Hades (that would be Niflheim), but still a descent into the protean roots of existence
I would be curious if other hero's journeys to the underworld involve similar sacrifices, literal or figurative
for example, Odin traveled to Mimir's well in order to gain cosmic - or divine, true, however you want to put it - knowledge, for which he traded one of his eyes
Mimir's well was supposed to be by the roots of Yggdrasil, which isn't the Scandinavian analogue of Hades (that would be Niflheim), but still a descent into the protean roots of existence
I would be curious if other hero's journeys to the underworld involve similar sacrifices, literal or figurative