How did Odin lose his eye?

Odin's self-sacrifice
But he wanted to know everything and gain wisdom and knowledge of things hidden from him. This was a desire that drove him to sacrifice himself. He sacrificed his eye in Mimir's well and he threw himself on his spear Gungnir in a kind of symbolic, ritual suicide.

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How did Odin lose his eye in Marvel?

The well was guarded by Mimir, a shadowy being who becomes all knowing by drinking the magical waters. Odin asked for a drink and Mimir replied that Odin must sacrifice an eye for a drink. Odin gouged out his own eye, dropped it into the well, and was allowed to drink from the waters of cosmic knowledge.

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Why did Mimir want Odin's eye?

The eddas do not tell us why Mimir asked for Odin's eye or accepted it as a trade, except that it was the price demanded for a drink from the well of wisdom under his care. After receiving the eye, he used it as a drinking receptacle for mead.

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Why can't Odin regenerate his eye?

In the comics he sacrificed his eye as one of three sacrifices to become all seeing, all knowing, and able to see the past and future. In the MCU he lost his eye battling the Frost Giants. Though he has superior healing abilities he is unable to regrow a lost organ. So he couldn't regrow his eye.

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Which eye did Odin give up for knowledge?

Odin took a deep breath and reached to his face, and with a grunt plucked out his right eye. In great pain he dropped his eye into the well of Mimir.

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Who is stronger Zeus or Odin?

All things considered, Zeus is certainly on Odin's level, so as long as Marvel portrays him accurately, he should be one of the MCU's most powerful characters.

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What eye did Thor lose?

Comic. Thor's Prosthetic Eye is a cybernetic prosthetic eye given to Thor by Rocket Raccoon as a replacement for Thor's right eye, which had been gouged out by his sister Hela.

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What is Odin's weakness?

Odin's Achilles heel is his weakness to Force. As is the case from here on out, Physical damage has better scaling than Magic, so bringing brawlers to the fight instead of Force users is viable.

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What is Odin the god of?

Odin has many names and is the god of both war and death. Half of the warriors who die in battle are taken to his hall of Valhalla. He is the one-eyed All-Father, who sacrificed his eye in order to see everything that happens in the world. He has two sons, Balder by his first wife Frigg and Thor by Jord.

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Why was Odin the most powerful god?

Odin is the most powerful of the Asgardian gods. Possessing the massive energy source called the Odinpower, or Odinforce, Odin's physical abilities are augmented, including superhuman strength, lifting up to 75 tons, superhuman durability, and regenerative powers.

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Why can't Mimir sleep?

While functioning and fully conscious, Mimir clarifies that he is reanimated, not resurrected. Therefore, he is still considered to be deceased. Due to this, he no longer sleeps, but still feels what resembles fatigue at times.

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Is Mimir actually Odin?

Mímir's name appears in the names of the well Mímisbrunnr, and the names Mímameiðr and Hoddmímis holt, which scholars generally consider to be names for Yggdrasil. Scholars have proposed that Bestla may be Mímir's sister, and therefore Mímir would be Odin's maternal uncle.

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Why did Odin have two Ravens?

They are called Hugin and Munin and they sit on Odin's shoulders and tell him all that they saw. Hugin represents 'memory' and Munin represents 'thought'. The ravens were seen as a part of Odin; he needed them to go out to explore the world and return to him to tell him what was going on.

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Is Hela daughter of Loki?

Hela is the child of Loki, God of Mischief, and the giantess Angrboda. Hela's face is withered and decayed because she was mystically born half dead, but wears a cloak that conceals this imperfection, and while wearing it, she appears to be a beautiful woman.

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Is Thor stronger than Odin?

While Odin was strong during his prime, Thor was just naturally stronger than him. They don't call Thor the mightiest out of all of the Asgardians for nothing because he is actually a lot stronger than his father in terms of his physical capabilities.

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Can Odin beat Thanos?

Based on the analysis of powers, speed, strength, durability, and combat, we can safely say that Odin is stronger than Thanos and outmatches him in almost every aspect. Thanos might be among the most feared villains in the Marvel Universe, but he comes nowhere near when compared to All-Father Odin.

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Who is Odin to Zeus?

To answer the question right away, Zeus and Odin are not the same, nor have they ever been thought to be the same entity at any point throughout history. Zeus is the king of the gods in Greek mythology, whilst Odin is the king in Norse mythology.

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Who killed Odin in Ragnarok?

The gods then do battle with the invaders: Odin is swallowed whole and alive fighting the wolf Fenrir, causing his wife Frigg her second great sorrow (the first being the death of her son, the god Baldr).

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Does anyone still worship Odin?

Thor and Odin are still going strong 1000 years after the Viking Age. Many think that the old Nordic religion - the belief in the Norse gods – disappeared with the introduction of Christianity. However, it did not, but was instead practised secretly or under a Christian cloak.

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Who is most powerful than Odin?

That is exactly what the goddess Hel was. Being the daughter of Loki already made her very powerful. However, in her realm of the underworld, this half-decaying goddess was said to be even more powerful than Odin and many other Norse gods.

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Who can destroy Odin?

Galactus would win in a fight against Odin. Odin and Galactus are practically equal in their respective power levels, but they are stronger, more durable, and faster. Odin's only chance at defeating Galactus is if the latter is starved or poorly fed.

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Could Odin have beaten Hela?

Unable to kill his own daughter, Odin defeated Hela and imprisoned her using his own power to keep her at bay in another realm for eons. During this respite, Hela attempted to escape imprisonment in Hel and was near successful.

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Who is Thor's half sister?

Hela Odinsdottir was the ruler of Hel, the daughter of Odin Borson, the older half-sister of Thor Odinson, and the adoptive older sister of Loki Laufeyson.

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Are Thor and Hela siblings?

In Marvel's comic book mythology, Hela is Thor's niece, being the daughter of Loki, or a Loki, at least; it gets complicated, in that Loki has been resurrected on a number of occasions.

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Why does Thor have 2 blue eyes again?

Thor lost his right eye during a battle with his evil sister Hela in Thor: Ragnarok. Rocket Raccoon gave him a false eye to use instead of an eyepatch in Avengers: Infinity War and Thor carried it over to Avengers: Endgame. The new eye was brown, which made it stand out more next to the blue.

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