Yggdrasil is the world tree in Norse culture. The name possibly comes from Ygg, one of Odins many names, and drasill, meaning “horse”.[1] A gigantic ash tree, its three roots stretch into different worlds, although which ones differ depending on the source. In Grímnismál it is Hel, Jotunheim, and Midgård; and in the Prose Edda it is Nifelheim, Jotunheim, and Asgård. By each root lies a well, those being Urd’s Well, where the Norns live and where the gods gather to hold court; Mimer’s Well, whose waters make any who drink it wise and to which Odin sacrificed his eye in exchange for being allowed to drink from it; and Hvergelmer, where Nidhoggr and other snakes lie and gnaw on Yggdrasil's roots.
In the crown of the tree sits a great eagle with a hawk on its forehead. The squirrel Ratatoskr runs up and down the tree’s trunk, conveying the words of Nidhoggr and the eagle to each other.
Bestows physical/gun-repelling shields for one turn to all allies.
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イグドラシル Igudorashiru
Yggdrasil
↑"Yggdrasil tolkas vanligen som en sammansättning av Ygg "den förskräcklige", det vill säga Oden, och drasill "häst"." Translation: "Yggdrasil is usually interpreted as a compound of Ygg "the terrible", i.e. Odin, and drasill "horse"." "2. Skapelse och världsundergång i fornskandinaviskt perspektiv", Fornskandinavisk religion: en grundbok, Britt-Mari Näsström. Published by Studentlitteratur. Swedish. (2 ed.) p. 28. ISBN-13: 9789144015767.