Yggdrasil

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cosmic tree mythological tree sacred object in Norse mythology

Yggdrasil is the immense, sacred world tree in Norse mythology that connects and sustains the nine realms of existence.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yggdrasil (world tree)	1
world-tree Yggdrasil	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cosmic tree ⓘ mythological tree ⓘ sacred object in Norse mythology ⓘ
afterRagnarök	shelters human survivors ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Heimdall ⓘ surface form: Heimdallr Loki ⓘ Norns ⓘ Odin ⓘ Thor ⓘ
attackedBy	Níðhöggr ⓘ eagles ⓘ squirrels ⓘ
culture	Norse mythology ⓘ
describedAs	immense world tree ⓘ
etymologyProposed	Odin’s steed ⓘ
function	connects the nine realms ⓘ sustains the nine realms ⓘ
guardedBy	Norns ⓘ
hasAnimal	Níðhöggr ⓘ Ratatoskr ⓘ four stags ⓘ unnamed eagle ⓘ
hasRealm	Hel ⓘ Jotunheim ⓘ surface form: Jötunheimr Miðgarðr ⓘ Muspelheim ⓘ surface form: Múspellsheimr Niflheim ⓘ surface form: Niflheimr Svartalfheim ⓘ surface form: Svartálfaheimr Vanaheim ⓘ surface form: Vanaheimr Alfheim ⓘ surface form: Álfheimr Asgard ⓘ surface form: Ásgarðr
hasRootIn	Jotunheim ⓘ surface form: Jötunheimr Niflheim ⓘ surface form: Niflheimr Asgard ⓘ surface form: Ásgarðr
hasWellAtRoot	Hvergelmir ⓘ Mímir's well ⓘ surface form: Mímisbrunnr Urðarbrunnr ⓘ
languageOfName	Old Norse ⓘ
lowerLocation	underworld ⓘ
mentionedIn	Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
middleLocation	Miðgarðr ⓘ
primarySourceAuthor	Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
religiousTradition	Germanic paganism ⓘ
roleInEschatology	present at Ragnarök ⓘ
symbolism	axis mundi ⓘ cosmic order ⓘ interconnection of worlds ⓘ
topLocation	heavens ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odin → associatedTree → Yggdrasil ⓘ

Nine Worlds → centralAxis → Yggdrasil ⓘ

this entity surface form: world-tree Yggdrasil

Nine Worlds → connectedBy → Yggdrasil ⓘ

Norse mythology → featuresPlace → Yggdrasil ⓘ

Svartalfheim → linkedTo → Yggdrasil ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yggdrasil (world tree)