Verdenstræ

Yggdrasil af Oluf Bagge.

I mange myter findes der et verdenstræ, som danner den akse i verden, som kosmos er formet omkring:[1]

Referencer

  1. ^ Schjødt, Jens Peter. "verdenstræet". denstoredanske.lex.dk. Hentet 21. november 2021.

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English translation of the Prose Edda from 1847, by Oluf Olufsen Bagge.

Text below the image: "Baxter...ton Square".
Full text (see other version or the-public-domain-review.imgix.net):

"Baxters Patent Oil Printing 11 Northampton square
Yggdrasil, The Mundane Tree
see p. 492",
from a plate included in the English translation of the Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge (1847)

Description below from Flickr consulted January 3, 2020:

Oluf Olufsen Bagge (1780-1836), Yggdrasil, Prose Edda, 1847

Danish engraver b Copenhagen; d Copenhagen?

Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central to Norse cosmology and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to hold their courts. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the wyrm (dragon) Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór.