The Yggdrasil Tree
Asgard - Realm of the Aesir
Vanaheim - The Realm of the Vanir
Ljossalfheim - The Realm of the Light Elves
Midgard - Middle Realm
Muspellsheim - Realm of the Fire
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Yggdrasil is rendered as Ygg's, or Odin's, horse or gallows. As the discoverer of the runes, Odin was also the sorcerer of the gods, and his magic is invariably more powerful than anyone else's.
The Scandinavian world-tree, Yggdrasil, supports on its branches nine spheres or worlds,--which the Egyptians symbolized by the nine stamens of the persea or avocado.
In Teutonic and Norse mythology Yggdrasil, the World Tree, is the trunk wedding the heavens, the underworld, and earth. This tree represents the place where the sacred enters the profane.
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