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Yggdrasil
The world tree linking the nine worlds, often used as a symbol of connection, endurance, and cosmic order.
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Historical Context
Yggdrasil is the world tree described across medieval Norse mythological texts, especially the Poetic and Prose Eddas. Its branches and roots organise multiple realms, while gods, norns, and animals gather around or inhabit it. The sources do not supply one fixed historical emblem shaped like modern tree-of-life artwork; contemporary images are visual interpretations of a literary cosmological tree. Balance, connection, family, and resilience are therefore reception meanings rather than a single attested definition.
Provenance: Attested in Norse mythological sources as the world tree connecting the nine worlds.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 24/07/2026
Sources
- The mythological world of the Vikings — The mythological world of the Vikings. Swedish History Museum, History Hub. (Swedish History Museum)
- The Aesir – the gods of the aristocracy — The Aesir – the gods of the aristocracy. The Viking World. (Swedish History Museum)
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