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  2. Family trees of the Norse gods - Wikipedia

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    These are family trees of the Norse gods showing kin relations among gods and other beings in Nordic mythology. Each family tree gives an example of relations according to principally Eddic material however precise links vary between sources. In addition, some beings are identified by some sources and scholars.

  3. Yggdrasil - Wikipedia

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    Yggdrasil (from Old Norse Yggdrasill) is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds. Yggdrasil is attested in the Poetic Edda compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda compiled in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

  4. Category:Mythological family trees - Wikipedia

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    Family tree of the Māori gods; N. Family trees of the Norse gods This page was last edited on 12 March 2023, at 14:21 (UTC). Text ...

  5. Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology

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    Ask and Embla, the first human beings in Norse mythology, created from trees and whose names may mean "ash" and "elm" Dream of the Rood, an Old English poem describing the crucifixion of Jesus from the point of view of a sentient tree; Hlín, a Norse goddess whose name some scholars have suggested may mean 'maple tree'

  6. Norse mythology - Wikipedia

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    Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period.

  7. Barnstokkr - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, Barnstokkr (Old Norse, literally "child-trunk" [1] ... and there is a general belief that when a guardian tree is destroyed, the family will die ...

  8. Yngling - Wikipedia

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    This is the mythic Yngling family tree based on Historia Norwegiæ, Ynglinga saga, Beowulf and other Old Norse sources. The names of Swedish kings are shown in bold. The names of Swedish kings are shown in bold.

  9. Ask and Embla - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla (Old Norse: Askr ok Embla)—man and woman respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods. The pair are attested in both the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda , composed in the 13th century.