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"Yggdrasil, The World Tree in Norse Mythology" by Agnes D. Olson

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I found a whole bunch of different descriptions of Yggdrasil and the placement of the Nine Worlds and it's all very confusing! It took me a LONG time, but here is my take on the Norse Universe. Unfortunately, I had to shrink this pic down from its 15x20 size, so there is alot of loss in detail. I know people are going to start nitpicking, but TOUGH!!! According to legend, the ash tree grew from Ginnungagap. At its base, a serpent chewed one of its roots, while at the top of the tree sat an eagle with a falcon between his eyes. Above the tree was the North Star. Yggdrasil's roots and branches spread throughout the planes of existence. At the base of the tree is the Well of Urd (little white bowl) guarded by the Norns. The gods would travel down Bifrost the Rainbow Bridge everyday for their daily meetings. Bifrost also connected Asgard with the human world of Midgard. Worlds on the first level: Vanaheim - Home of the Vanir gods (blue), Asgard - Home of the Aesir gods (gold), and Alfheim - Home of the Light Elves (green). Worlds on the second level: Midgard - Home of Man (yes, I used the planet Earth) and that's the Midgard Serpent emerging from the waters and surrounding Midgard. The rocky terrain surrounding Midgard is Jotunheim (Home of the Giants). Then there's Svartalfheim - Home of the Dark Elves (green and black) and Nidavellir - Home of the Dwarves (I chose a volcano type of terrain to represent their forges). Worlds on the third level: Nifelheim - Land of Ice and Mist also home of Hel, Goddess of the Dead (white terrain). The fiery land behind it is Muspellheim - Home of the Fire Giants and ruled by the Fire Giant, Surt. I chose to 'dome' some of the worlds to give them a sense of atmosphere. Yes, I know there are two more wells that Yggdrasil's branches go to ... I have the roots going into Jotunheim and Nifelheim ... if you want to see the wells themselves or any of the other animals/beings that inhabit Yggdrasil, call your local travel agent! Hehehehe! Thanks!

Date	Name	Comment
16 Jan 2010	Cheryl Morrison	Loading... This is amazing
21 Jan 2010	Slepnir	Loading... I knew the serpent was spawned from Loki but he also spawned Hel, and Fenrir the great Wolf. Jormungandr however was the dragon chewing at the roots of Yggdrasil.
7 Feb 2010	Cheryl	Loading... whered you get this? google? you suck.
10 Feb 2010	SAMATHA TO THE RESCUE!!	Loading... SHE DOES NOT SUCK!!! I can see the Nidhogg wrapped bellow the Earth and I like that very much. AWESOME JOB AND IGNORE THE JERKY PERV OF CHERYL!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 Apr 2010	Cameron A Greene	Loading... Very beautiful work! This was obviously a hard effort. Ignore Cheryl’s comment and any other negative comment. Despite the fact that this was done, time and time again, it is a beautiful piece of work. Your spin on it, demonstrating each location as a snowglobe is quite enthralling. 10/10
24 May 2010	Flashfist	Loading... I was just setting up a role playing campaign set in norse mythology. when I stumbled across this map of the universe. Wonderful creation of an insanely hard (or at the very least, insanely confusing) motive! 10/10
21 Jun 2010	John	Loading... They don’t include the squirrel!
6 Aug 2010	Vhyz21	Loading... aamazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!............
22 Oct 2010	Anon.	Loading... Very nice!
21 Nov 2011	Anon.	Loading... This was really helpful for teaching a group of 8 year olds about Viking mythology - many thanks!
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'Yggdrasil, The World Tree in Norse Mythology':

• Created by:

Agnes D. Olson
• Copyright: ©Agnes D. Olson. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Aeisir, Alfheim, Asgard, Ash, Bifrost, Branches, Bridge, Dark, Dwarves, Elves, Fire, Giants, Jormungand, Jotunheim, Light, Mani, Midgard, Moon, Muspellheim, Nidavellir, Nifelheim, North, Rainbow, Roots, Serpent, Sol, Star, Sun, Svartalfheim, Three, Tree, Vanaheim, Well, Wells, World, Yggdrasil
• Categories: Landscape, Nature, Panoramic
• Techniques: Computer-coloured Picture, Computer Painted from Scratch, Other Computer Paint Program
• Submitted: 2005-01-11 18:22:34
• Views: 70148
• Resolution: 647x1000

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