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- Yggdrasil – Mythopedia
Yggdrasil still thrives in popular culture as the archetypical guardian tree In fantasy genres, trees modeled after Yggdrasil are often used to symbolize the health of communities and people Guy Gavriel Kay’s popular Fionavar Tapestry book series features the Summer Tree, a massive oak whose health depends on the periodic sacrifice of martyrs
- Nine Realms - Mythopedia
Yggdrasil During this time, the mighty ash tree Yggdrasil grew amidst creation and connected the Nine Realms Though the architecture of the tree and the locations of its realms remain shrouded in mystery, Snorri Sturluson’s Gylfaginning offers some clues:
- Odin – Mythopedia
Odin, the Runic Alphabet, and Yggdrasil In another central myth, Odin discovered the knowledge of runes and delivered it to humankind The very first Germanic alphabets were made up runes; these were pictographic symbols that worked as letters, with each rune standing for a different sound Crucially, the runes also embodied certain cosmic powers
- Hel (Realm) - Mythopedia
There is some debate as to whether Hel was a place of suffering While most accounts depicted the realm as a place where the dead carried on as they had in life, others suggested it was a bleak, horrifying place In the Norse imagination, Hel was located on the lowest branch (or possibly beneath the roots) of the world tree Yggdrasil Despite
- Midgard – Mythopedia
As the “middle enclosure,” Midgard was located halfway up Yggdrasil, and served as a symbolic meeting ground for lawful order and lawless chaos Mythology Origins Midgard's origins were well documented across a number of sources, including the Gylfaginning, of the Prose Edda This text stated that in ancient times, when the world was
- Bifrost - Mythopedia
Bifrost was the shimmering rainbow bridge that connected the Norse realms Asgard and Midgard Guarded by the god Heimdall, whose eyes never closed, it was fated to fall after the jötnar’s invasion during Ragnarok
- Alfheim - Mythopedia
Like the other realms, Alfheim hung from the branches of Yggdrasil, the world tree at the center of Norse cosmology Etymology The name “Alfheim” (Old Norse: Álfheimr ), was derived from the Old Norse words for “elf” and “home,” and meant “elf home” or “the home of the elves ”
- Nidavellir - Mythopedia
A cavernous, subterranean realm, Nidavellir was said to be located in the north, presumably a reference to its position on Yggdrasil, the world tree Nidavellir was largely composed of mines and workshops, where the crafty dwarves fashioned wares regarded as the best in the Nine Realms
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