The Etymology of 'Yggdrasil'
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In Stanza 138 of the poem Håvamål, the All-Father Odin says,
"I know that I hung on a windy tree
nine long nights,
wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin,
myself to myself,
on that tree of which no man knows
from where its roots run."
(A Short đ§”)
In Stanza 138 of the poem Håvamål, the All-Father Odin says,
"I know that I hung on a windy tree
nine long nights,
wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin,
myself to myself,
on that tree of which no man knows
from where its roots run."
In Norse cosmology, Yggdrasil is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.
The Tree of Life or World Tree in a Central Theme in Almost All Mythologies Around the World.
The Tree of Life or World Tree in a Central Theme in Almost All Mythologies Around the World.
The generally accepted meaning of Old Norse Yggdrasill is "Odin's Horse", meaning "gallows". This interpretation comes about because drasill means "Horse" and Ygg(r) is one of Odin's many names.
The Poem describes how Odin sacrificed himself by hanging from a tree, making this tree Odin's Gallows. This tree is likely Yggdrasil. Gallows can be called "the horse of the hanged" and therefore Odin's Gallows maybe called "Odin's Horse", which then became the name of the Tree.
In the Aztec World, the Symbol of the Tau Cross or T-Shaped Cross represented the World Tree or Tree of Life.
It is no coincidence that in the Hanged Man Tarot Key, the Man is hung on Tau Cross. The Man on the Cross is Odin. The Cross is the World Tree or the Nine Worlds.
It is no coincidence that in the Hanged Man Tarot Key, the Man is hung on Tau Cross. The Man on the Cross is Odin. The Cross is the World Tree or the Nine Worlds.
"It is to be understood that all of these worlds are invisible to the senses, except Midgard, the home of humans, but during the process of initiation the soul of the candidateâliberated from its earthly sheath by the power of the priestsâwanders amidst these various spheres."
"There is undoubtedly a relationship between the nine worlds of the Scandinavians and the nine spheres, or planes, through which initiates of the Eleusinian Mysteries passed in their ritual of regeneration."
- Manly P. Hall
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- Manly P. Hall
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