Christy had caught up in her notes and was racking her brain trying to remember. She thought she had heard it before, but it was lost to her at the moment. Muggle Mythology...Muggle Mythology... Christy raised her hand as she remembered an old myth:
"According to Muggle mythology, it was Odin, the god principally associated with war and battle, who "gained" the runes by performing a ritual of self sacrifice. First he gashed his body with the point of his spear and then bound himself by the ankles to Yggdrasil, The Tree of Life. For nine days he refused all food and drink. Finally, it is said, he peered down into the very depths of his being where he saw the runic characters and "seized" them."