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yfggdradill may deen -Like a dinange name. fan. a yearbook, but
net when tpu. understand ihe meaning, behind, id: 3n tionde mythology,
yggdnoAjJi id onadhe in.ee which. ovendhadowd ihe whole univende* 3id
nooid, inunk and bnan.ch.e4 bind iogeiher Heaven, £a/ith and ihe
HeiherworltL The inunk nooted in ihe primordial abydd o f Hel, ihe
dounce o f maiden, beam ihn.ee diemd, The cenie/i nun* up ihnough
lUdgand, ihe earth, which i t duppontd. 31 iddued out of. ihe
mountain Adga/td whe/ie ihe godd oddemble at the bade o f Valhalla.
Thid heaven o f Home kenned can only, be reached by Belfnodt, ihe
bnixLye o f ihe rainbow* The diem dpreadd Ltd branched oven, ihe
entine dky} ihei/i leaved are ihe cloudd, ihein fnuLtd ihe dta/id.
Four diagd which dymbolLpe ihe candinat windd live in ihede bran­
ched, dripping dew f/um ihein antiend to ihe eanth* Upon ihe top
branch perched ihe eagle, dumbol o f ihe air* On Ltd head ditd the
falcon, VedJolnin, ihe watchful Jtook-out fan the gpcLd. The
dguimel, oatatodk, dignifying, rain, dnaw, hail and the evaporating,
water, rund up ana. down the Liee, trying to diin up dirife between
the eagle ana the derpent mondten Hldhoggr, dynbol'of volcanic
powend. The decond dtem o f yggdradill dpningd up in ihe South,
where the three Home: Tredent, fadt, Future, dwell and ihe gpdd
d it in judgement* The third diem aided in ihe Horih, where a ll ihe
knowledge o f mankind flowd from ihe fountain of the fnodt-giant,
fMmir, the perdonitication o f U/iddom* The adh tree itd elf id ihe
Hordic dymbol o f yggpLradil, ihe Tree o f Life* (