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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.
The afterlife is a complex matter in Norse mythology. The dead may go to the murky realm of Hel—a realm ruled over by a female being of the same name, may be ferried away by valkyries to Odin's martial hall Valhalla, or may be chosen by the goddess Freyja to dwell in her field Fólkvangr. [29]
A river that separates the living from the dead in Norse mythology. Hel (heimr) The underworld in Norse mythology. Hvergelmir: A major spring in Norse mythology. Jotunheim: Land of the giants in Norse mythology. [5] Kvenland: A geographical area referred to in several medieval texts as well as in Norse sagas.
Norse Mythology was generally well received by critics, with some citing the prose as a strength. Kirkus Reviews said that Gaiman's description is rich and atmospheric. [ 1 ] The Washington Post ' s Michael Dirda said that, although Gaiman's short, clipped sentences usually seem better suited to children's fiction , his retellings were gripping ...
Sága, goddess of wisdom; Snotra, goddess associated with wisdom; Vör, goddess associated with wisdom [24] Numerous minor characters in Norse mythology are said to be very wise, though there's often no instance of them demonstrating this supposed wisdom: Dwarfs, particularly Alviss, whose name means "all-wise". Thor keeps him from marrying his ...
The Well of Wisdom may refer to: In Norse mythology, at the foot of Yggdrasil, an ever-green ash-tree: Urðarbrunnr, where the gods hold court; Mímisbrunnr, the place of Wóden's ordeal; Hvergelmir, the wellspring of cold; Connla's Well in Irish mythology, containing the Salmon of Wisdom
In Norse mythology, Yggdrasill represents the cosmic tree whose roots sink deep into the underworld, while its branches extend to support the worlds, giving them life.
In Norse mythology, Mímisbrunnr (Old Norse "Mímir's wellspring" [1]) is a spring or well associated with the being Mímir, located beneath the world tree Yggdrasil. Mímisbrunnr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.