Magical And Malicious Creatures That Prey Upon Yggdrasil In Norse Beliefs

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - There are many shrines in Asgard and Midgard, but the most sacred of all is Yggdrasil, the largest of all trees. The branches spread all over the world and reach the sky.

The tree grows thanks to three deep roots. One of the roots goes under Asgard, the other under Jotunheim, where the empty swallow, Ginungagap - a primordial void - once existed in the old days.

Ginungagap separated Nifelheim, the fog world, from the southern part of Muspelheim, the land of primordial fire and flames.

The third root extends over the realm of death in Niflheim, the most inhospitable and darkest world, shrouded in the densest mists and fogs. It was the first of the nine worlds created within Yggdrasil and located to the north of the great plain of Ginnungagap.

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Ginnungagap From Which The World, Gods, Humanity And All Life Emerged In Norse Beliefs

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