Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Dainn aka Daain" | Norse | A hart that gnaws the branches of Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Dunlyrr" | Norse | Harts that gnaw the branches of Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Goin" | Norse | A serpent under Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Graabak" | Norse | One of the serpents under Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Grafvitner" | Norse | serpents under Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Hrimthursar" | Norse | Rime-giants or frost-giants, who dwell under one of Ygdrasil's roots. Norse |
"Mimameider" | Norse | A mythic tree; probably the same as Ygdrasil. It derives its name from Mimer, and means Mimer's tree. Norse |
"Moin" | Norse | A serpent under Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Nidhug" | Norse | A serpent of the nether world, that tears the carcases of the dead. He also lacerates Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Ratatosk" | Norse | A squirrel that runs up and down the branches of Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Svafner" | Norse | A serpent under Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Ygdrasil" | Norse | The "World Tree", a gigantic ash tree, thought to connect all the nine worlds of Norse cosmology. Sometimes it is called Mimamei?r or Lera?. According mythology, Asgard, Alfheim and Vanaheim rest on the branches of Yggdrasil. The trunk is the world-axis piercing through the center of Mi?gar?r (often called Midgard), around which Jotunheim is situated, and below which lies Ni?avellir, also called Svartalfheim. The three roots stretch down to Hel, Niflheim, and Muspelheim, although only the first world hosts a spring for Yggdrasil. |