Yggdrasil

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• A huge ash, Yggdrasil, the World Tree, grew in the center of the world.

  Academic text (2000)

• Red Skull refers to Yggdrasil, the World Tree, Guardian of Wisdom and Fate.

  Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

• But now we may finally have confirmation of the other realms of Yggdrasil, the world tree.

  Blog text (6)

• He hung from the ash tree, Yggdrasil, for nine days in order to gain insight.

  Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

• The Norns sit at the base of Yggdrasil and spin the threads of life for people as well as water Yggdrasil itself.

  Blog text (18)

• He pierces himself with his spear and hangs for 9 days and 9 nights on the world tree Yggdrasil.

  Academic text (2018)

• Mimir was a very wise, very ancient giant who guarded the well, or spring, at the foot of the tree Yggdrasil, which contained unfathomable depths of knowledge, the ancient knowledge of the origins of the world.

  Academic text (1990)

• The ash tree, of course, is Odin's tree; one of Odin's names is Ygg, and Yggdrasil, "Odin's horse," is the tree of all worlds; from its branches, Odin hanged himself, thus riding the horse, until the secrets of runes came to him.

  Academic text (2009)

• In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is the immense tree that connects all nine worlds of the cosmos.

• The roots of Yggdrasil reach down to the underworld, while its branches stretch up to the heavens.

Synonyms

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Ygdrasil

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• Literature

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A huge sacred ash tree that connects the sky, the earth and the world below

focuses on an immense sacred tree connecting nine specific worlds instead

Surface Forms

Etymology