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16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Attestations
- ''Poetic Edda''
- ''Völuspá''
- ''Hávamál''
- ''Grímnismál''
- ''Prose Edda''
- Theories
- Shamanic origins
- Mímameiðr, Hoddmímis holt, and Ragnarök
- Warden trees, Irminsul, and sacred trees
- Modern influence
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|17th century depiction of Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil () is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.
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