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Hail Tisonlyi!
I aways think of this tale when I see your avatar:
The Ragnarok was foretold, but the details were not known so Tisonlyi went to Mimer, the keeper of the well of knowledge and wisdom and asked to drink of the waters therein. If Tisonlyi were to drink from these waters, he would gain future sight and know all the details of the end of time. Thus there was a special link between the legend of the world tree Yggdrasil and the paranormal phenomenon of precognition.
Although Yggdrasil would be consumed or destroyed in the Ragnarok, a new tree would grow in its place and from it a new race of humankind would evolve. So the fate and welfare of humankind was closely associated with the Yggdrasil. But Mimer would not let Tisonlyi drink from the well unless Tisonlyi paid a special price. Tisonlyi plucked out his eye and threw it into the well and thus won the privilege of drinking the magical water, gaining future sight and special knowledge of the Ragnarok.
Thereafter, Tisonlyi left Asgard to wander the earth among humans in the guise of a beggar until the day when he would lead the Gods and dead warriors in the battle between good and evil at the end of time.
When the time comes, I will be ready.
-GH
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