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Yggdrasil

The origin and history of Yggdrasil.

Etymology

From Old Norse Yggdrasill, generally explained as combining "Yggr" (a name for Odin, meaning "the terrible one") with "drasill" ("steed") — poetically, "Odin's horse", referring to a myth of Odin hanging from the tree.

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