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  2. 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 .

  3. Category:Yggdrasil - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to Yggdrasil and its depictions. It 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. Norse cosmology - Wikipedia

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    The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their things, traditional governing assemblies. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr.

  5. Trees in mythology - Wikipedia

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    Yggdrasil, the World Ash of Norse mythology. The world tree, with its branches reaching up into the sky, and roots deep into the earth, can be seen to dwell in three worlds—a link between heaven, the earth, and the underworld, uniting above and below. This great tree acts as an axis mundi, supporting or holding up the cosmos.

  6. Níðhöggr - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr (Malice Striker, in Old Norse traditionally also spelled Níðhǫggr [ˈniːðˌhɔɡːz̠], often anglicized Nidhogg [1]) is a Serpent who gnaws at the roots of the world tree, Yggdrasil. In historical Viking society, níð was a term for a social stigma, implying the loss of honor and the status of a villain.

  7. World tree - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is the world tree. [10] Yggdrasil 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. In both sources, Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered very

  8. Mímisbrunnr - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. List of Overlord characters - Wikipedia

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    In YGGDRASIL, Ulbert possessed the incredibly powerful "World Disaster" class, which made him one of the strongest offensive spellcasters in the game. In real life, both of Ulbert's parents were killed in an industrial work accident, which resulted in him developing a deep hatred for the world and society, and a fixation for evil.