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Yggdrasil
IHGD-ruh-sihl
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In Norse mythology, the enormous ash tree believed to connect all nine worlds of the cosmos.
"According to Norse myth, the gods held their councils beneath Yggdrasil each day."
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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.