00:00:00.000I think that's also why Nidogar is trying to tear that root, is because any passage that helps souls formulate themselves better on Midgard must be destroyed.
00:00:14.860And one of those ways, I think, is a lot is through self-mastery.
00:00:19.000But oftentimes people will say he's Faustian, that he makes deals in order to gain the benefits of things.
00:00:28.420But bear in mind, a lot of that happens to save the other Aesir, to stave off Ragnarok, to save humanity.
00:00:36.720Many of the sacrifices made by Lord Odin aren't simply just for the self.
00:00:41.400And the only reason why I bring that up is because it's often overlooked.
00:00:45.160That he is desperately staving off, extending that time.
00:00:52.020It's the one time where fate and will are in complete clash with each other.
00:00:55.880And Lord Odin is riding that skein. And in that time, he is staving off calamity of Ragnarok for the Aesir, for the folk. And so a lot of those sacrifices aren't simply selfish sacrifices.
00:01:12.880Even upon Yggdrasil, placing himself and synthesizing himself on Yggdrasil, the mastery of the self and the power that is gained is good, but the purpose of finding the core powers of creation, the sounds, aid the gods, and they pass it on to men.