Yggdrasil

Proper noun

Meaning

Yggdrasil

(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds.

Examples

A squirrel called Ratatoskr scurries up and down the ash Yggdrasil carrying "malicious messages" between the eagle and Níðhöggr. Source: Internet

At first, the party only travels on foot, but is eventually permitted to make use of a variety of vehicles, including their gears and the "sand submarine" Yggdrasil. Source: Internet

John Lindow points out that Yggdrasil is described as rotting on one side and as being chewed on by four harts and Níðhöggr, and that, according to the account in Gylfaginning, it also bears verbal hostility in the fauna it supports. Source: Internet

Gangleri asks what there is to tell about Yggdrasil. Source: Internet

In Gylfaginning, Yggdrasil is introduced in chapter 15. In chapter 15, Gangleri (described as king Gylfi in disguise) asks where is the chief or holiest place of the gods. Source: Internet

Finally the Finno-Ugaritic strand of this diffusion spread through Russia to Finland where the Norse myth of Yggdrasil took root. Source: Internet

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