Yggdrasil
The name is derived from Odin’s name Yggr (the deep thinker), and drasil (carrier) - it therefore means the Bearer or Manifestor of God.
Harper’s Book of Facts, 1905.
The name is derived from Odin’s name Yggr (the deep thinker), and drasil (carrier) - it therefore means the Bearer or Manifestor of God.
Harper’s Book of Facts, 1905.
The name of a ship, made by the dwarfs and given to Frey. It was so capacious that it would hold all the gods, with their weapons and armor, and, when the sails were set, it always had a fair wind. When not required for navigation, it could be folded up like a piece of cloth.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
The wife of Loki, celebrated for her constancy to him. She sits by him in the subterranean cavern where he is chained, and holds out a vase to catch the venom dropped by the serpents which hang over him. When she goes out to empty the vessel, the poison falls on his limbs, and his writhing causes earthquakes.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
A boar whose flesh furnishes food for the banquets of Valhalla. Every day it is served up at the table, and every day it is entirely renewed again.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
The goddess of history.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
A ship constructed by the Giants out of dead men’s nails. On board of it the Giants will embark, at Ragnarok, to give battle to the gods.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
The god of eloquence and wisdom. He was the guardian of a well in which wit and wisdom lay hidden, and of which he drank every morning from the horn Gjallar. Odin once drank from this fountain, and by doing so became the wisest of gods and men; but he purchased the privilege and distinction at the cost of one eye, which Mimir exacted from him.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
The goddess of youth, and the wife of Bragi. She was the guardian of the apples of immortality, the juice of which gave the gods perpetual youth, health, and beauty.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
The name of Odin’s spear or lance.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
A frightful demon wolf, the offspring of Loki, chained by the gods, and cast down into Nifheim, where he is to remain until Ragnarok.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
The Ratatosk is a bringer of rain, water and snow. The squirrel in the Yggdrrasil denotes spitefulness and mischief-making; it creates strife between the eagle and the serpent.
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper, 1978.
A Scandinavian and Celtic symbol of life, fecundity and immortality; sacred to Thor; the androgynous.
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper, 1978.
The “Twilight of the Gods,” the day of doom: The sun becomes dim, the earth sinks into the ocean, the stars fall from heaven, and time is no more.
Gods: A Dictionary of the Deities of All Lands by Bessie Redfield, 1931.
