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Among Siberian shamans, a central tree may be used as a ladder to ascend the heavens. [23] Davidson says that the notion of an eagle atop a tree and the world serpent coiled around the roots of the tree has parallels in other cosmologies from Asia. She goes on to say that Norse cosmology may have been influenced by these Asiatic cosmologies ...
In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world. Their names are given as Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. An ...
Égig érő fa (Sky-high Tree), also called Életfa (Tree of Life), Világfa (World Tree), or Tetejetlen Fa (Tree Without a Top), is an element of Hungarian shamanism and native faith, and a typical element of Hungarian folk art and folk tales, and also a distinct folk tale type.
Völsung's hall is built around the tree, it bears "fair blossoms", and stretches through the roof of the structure. The tree is flanked on both sides by large hearths. Völsunga saga: Glasir: In front of the doors of Valhalla (unattributed verse, Prose Edda) A particularly beautiful tree with red-gold foliage Poetic Edda, Prose Edda ...
Mímameiðr is solely attested in the Old Norse poem Fjölsvinnsmál. Due to parallels between descriptions of the two, scholars generally consider Mímameiðr to be another name for the world tree Yggdrasil , along with the similarly named Hoddmímis holt , a wood within which Líf and Lífthrasir are foretold to take refuge during the events ...
Odin hung on the Tree of Knowledge for nine days in order to gain wisdom. N: person voice-bearer reordberend: OE: Dream of the Rood: poetry Grímnir's lip-streams Grímnir is one of the names of Odin. N: Þórsdrápa: raven swan of blood Ravens ate the dead at battlefields. N: the sea whale-road hron-rād: N,OE
The world tree is a motif present in several religions and mythologies, particularly Indo-European, Siberian, and Native American religions. The world tree is represented as a colossal tree which supports the heavens, thereby connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and, through its roots, the underworld.
Physical trees or poles could represent either a world tree, (Yggdrasil in Norse mythology), [292] or a world pillar. [293] Modern scholars describe such a sacred tree as an axis mundi ("hub of the world"), a center that runs along and connects multiple levels of the universe while also representing the world itself. [294]