How Odin Lost his eyes grade 10 lesson

1. How Odin lost his eye

3. WHAT AM I
(VOCABULARY )
• PERCHED=elevated position
• RAVEN=corvine birds with black feathers(represents MEMORY & THOUGHT
• SNARLING=to speak in a threatening manner.
• GAZED= to look steadily with great curiosity and interest
• FORGED=to form by heating and hammering to beat it into a sharp

5. THE MAIN CHARACTERS
FROM THE STORY

6. ODIN The king who created the world and sacrificed his one
blue eye for a sip of water from the well of Mimir.

7. DWARVES They are the tiny living
creatures who lived between
Heaven and the Earth

8. GIANTS They are the ones who brought
cold and ice to the world and shook the earth
with anger.

9. MIMIR He who could read the thought and
possesses the knowledge of past and the future.

10. Sequence of the story

11. Arrange the paper strips according to the flow of the
story. Based from your own understanding.

12. •Once upon a time. There was a king name Odin.
From his throne where he sat, he could be able to
see all three parts of his creation.
•The elves lived between heaven and earth. They
toil the land, the dwarves are willing to help in
taking care of the land/earth; they even promised
and agreed to help the people, in making tools
and weapons. They dug gold and silver and
helped a lot in the field.

13. •All seems to be going well.
•Odin hardly found to think of evil times.
But he knew that the frost giants are just
waiting for their chance of striking unto
his people. They are the ones who
brought cold and ice to the world and
shook the earth with anger.

14. •Odin saw a huge black shadow which he
knew the giants roaming around the earth.
He ought to know more about them. So,
Odin decided to meet Mimir who sat beside
a clear water; the well. Only Old Mimir able
to see the past and the future through the
well. Not even Odin could do that. Mimir
also could read thoughts.

15. •Aged Mimir said Odin, You who holds the
knowledge of past and the future in your
magic water, let me have but one sip of your
water so I can know enough how to protect
my people against the giants, said he.
•The price of one sip is not cheap answered
Mimir. The price of a drink must be of great
sacrifice. Are you still willing to pay the
price, asked Mimir.

16. •There was a pause, for Odin thinks of
sacrificing his own son, which is against his
will. Suddenly, Mimir spoke as he read what
Odin has on his mind. And said,
“No, I’m not asking for your dearest son.”
Instead, I ask one of your eyes in exchange of
my water

17. •Odin plucked one of his blue eyes and gave it
to Mimir. Those eyes witness the beauty of the
world, it taught him what is good and
beautiful. What was evil and ugly. But those
eyes also seen his people, struggling against
the hate of the giants. One eye was a small
sacrifice to win knowledge of how he could
help his people. And so it happened

18. •Then Mimir smiled and gave Odin a horn
full of waters of his well. Odin drank the
water and saw the sorrow, death as well as
joy. For it was Mimir had said “And once you
have drunk and gazed into the mirror of life,
you may wish you had not. For sorrow and
death as well as joy are pictured there so you
should think again before you ask to drink”.

19. And so, Odin the king became one-eyed.
If you could find the well of Mimir, you
could see Odins’ eye at the bottom of the
well as a reminder of his great sacrifice
for his people.

20. CONFLICT AND CHARACTER
DUTY TO HIS FAMILY(SON) DUTY TO HIS PEOPLE

22. WHAT IS THE MORAL LESSON
BEING SELFLESS
FOR GREATER GOOD

23. THE END