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Yggdrasil is the world tree in Norse culture. The name possibly comes from ''Ygg'', one of [[Odin]]s many names, and ''drasill'', meaning “horse”.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=Yggdrasil tolkas vanligen som en sammansättning av Ygg "den förskräcklige", det vill säga Oden, och ''drasill'' "häst".|translquote=Yggdrasil is usually interpreted as a compound of Ygg "the terrible", i.e. Odin, and ''drasill'' "horse".|chapter=2. Skapelse och världsundergång i fornskandinaviskt perspektiv|book=Fornskandinavisk religion: en grundbok|author=Britt-Mari Näsström|publisher=Studentlitteratur|lang=Swedish|edition=2|page=p. 28|isbn=9789144015767}}</ref> 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 | Yggdrasil is the world tree in Norse culture. The name possibly comes from ''Ygg'', one of [[Odin]]s many names, and ''drasill'', meaning “horse”.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=Yggdrasil tolkas vanligen som en sammansättning av Ygg "den förskräcklige", det vill säga Oden, och ''drasill'' "häst".|translquote=Yggdrasil is usually interpreted as a compound of Ygg "the terrible", i.e. Odin, and ''drasill'' "horse".|chapter=2. Skapelse och världsundergång i fornskandinaviskt perspektiv|book=Fornskandinavisk religion: en grundbok|author=Britt-Mari Näsström|publisher=Studentlitteratur|lang=Swedish|edition=2|page=p. 28|isbn=9789144015767}}</ref> 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 Midgard; and in the ''Prose Edda'' it is Niflheim, Jotunheim, and Asgard. By each root lies a well, those being Urd’s Well, where the [[Norn]]s 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. | 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. | ||
During Rangarok, the entire tree will tremble and burn up.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote=I slutet av tillvaron skälver trädet och brinner slutligen upp i det att dess lågor slår mot himlen.|translquote=At the end of existence the tree trembles and ultimately burns up as its flames strike the sky.|chapter=2. Skapelse och världsundergång i fornskandinaviskt perspektiv|book=Fornskandinavisk religion: en grundbok|author=Britt-Mari Näsström|publisher=Studentlitteratur|lang=Swedish|edition=2|page=p.29|isbn=9789144015767}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Book|quote=Vid Ragnarök går Yggdrasil under i en stor brand.|translquote=During Ragnarok Yggdrasil perishes in a great fire.|chapter=V|book=Nordisk Mytologi: från A till Ö|author=Katarina Harrison Lindbergh|publisher=Historiska media|lang=Swedish|edition=E-Book ed.|page=p.204|isbn=978-91-7545-370-5}}</ref> | |||
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