Yggdrasil True Meaning: Translation, Attestations, Theories of Norse Gods/Deities
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Yggdrasil is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.
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00:00- Intro
03:10- Etymology
06:30- Shamanism/Axis Mundi
13:10- Placenta
15:50- Underworld
19:45- Chakras
22:00- Prose Edda
27:30- Irminsul
32:30- Ragnarok
Yggdrasil is attested in the Poetic Edda compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda compiled in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central to the cosmos and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their traditional governing assemblies. 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 dragon Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. In astronomy, axis mundi is the Latin term for the axis of Earth between the celestial poles. In a geocentric coordinate system, this is the axis of rotation of the celestial sphere. Consequently, in ancient Greco-Roman astronomy, the axis mundi is the axis of rotation of the planetary spheres within the classical geocentric model of the cosmos. In 20th-century comparative mythology, the term axis mundi - also called the cosmic axis, world axis, world pillar, center of the world, or world tree - has been greatly extended to refer to any mythological concept representing "the connection between Heaven and Earth" or the "higher and lower realms"
A lot of people seemed disappointed in your delving into the Hellenistic similarities to the Germanic traditions. I would disagree with those critics being that there is a wealth of information to be discovered by seeking out the nuances. Anyone seriously seeking as much objective truth about our ancestral spiritual practices should keep a patient and open mind.
Those people don't realize that Greek is related to Norse. As well as Slavic, Roman (pre empire), Hindu... there is a wealth of information out there.
I agree. Helenistic, celtic, hindu and various other kinds of practices like our own are actually sibling religions because we all have the same parent religion which is the ancient indo European religion.
Exactly. And then Animism is Animism. Flora and fauna are the only differences.
It's all connected. All of it.
@@franzwohlgemuth2002 exactly, but I think some people are looking to imitate modern viking fads rather than seek out truth.
@@ThorAnderson it leads me into wanting to research the Indo European connection further.
The hanging from the tree reminds me of a scene in a 70s movie called “A man called horse”. The ritual I do believe is the historical ritual called The Sun Dance which Native Americans did. A wooden pole was placed and the participants who was seeking spiritual enlightenment would be pierced and tied to this pole where they basically hung for several days or so with no food or water.
The Sun Dance - Wiwáŋyaŋg Wačípi, was the most important ceremony practiced by the Lakota (Sioux) and nearly all Plains Indians. It was a time of renewal for the tribe, people and earth. The village was large, as many bands came together for this annual rite.
Today The Sun Dance is a ceremony observed by the Native Americans of modern-day Canada and the United States to awaken the earth, give thanks, offer up prayers, and sacrifice for the greater good. It was, and is, among the most important rituals of the Plains Indians
I once took some psilocybe with some friends and we sat around a fire can which was ornated with runes
The longer I looked at these runes the better I understood their magic.
Since then I have started using rune oracles to find spiritual guidance throughout my life
The beauty of shamanism or spirituality is the fact that you're never "done" learning. Life's a process and we're its students.
no you didn't
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Love your work as always. I'ld like to see more about the norns, and the similarities between them and the other Germanic religions, as well as the fates in Hellenistic religions.
I agree!
This reminds me of when I was walking through two different groves of the giant sequoias in California.
I’m pretty spiritual but I wouldn’t say I’m Christian, I do follow teachings of Jesus, but I’m not seeking or into any “magic”.
I remain open to many things since wisdom can be found in any belief, and it all ties together into a large tapestry of life, or a world tree.
As I was walking through the groves, I could feel the trees talking. Yeah I know how it sounds, but I was able to tune in and listen, asking permission first of course.
They had so much ancient knowing from those trees.
What was more interesting was how one grove was very gentle, stoic and welcoming, while another grove about 5 miles away was very critical, abrupt and indifferent.
Both groves allowed me some very old earthly wisdom.
I was amazed that I was able to understand them, and wondered how I can relay the wisdom without sounding like a crazy person.
So yes, Trees, particularly older ones, are very powerful and very chatty if you can hear them. ❤️
Lol, sure,,,
Hands down all your theories are correct in my opinion! I think you’re on the right track especially with the similarities between Yggdrasil and the chakra. We discussed this previously and I remember in a previous comment to your previous video on the topic I also mentioned a constellation that was linked to Yggdrasil and Ashvatta. I think that was also a very plausible theory. Anyhow, yes Gram Hancock's theories might face some backlash but I’m glad someone else finds it fascinating and linked to Ragnarock 🤝🤝🤝 keep up with the comparative mythology streak because it's an amazing source of education for the masses. Keep on spreading the word. Thank you 😊
I'd like to see some stuff on Balder and Freyja 🙃
There is a great book from 1979 by Nigel Pennick entitled 'The Ancient of Geomancy - Living in Harmony with the Earth' that ties traditions from all over the world regarding the Omphalos. It does a good job of making the case that everything is connected....
Yes! Thank you for making this video!
Very interesting information, thank-you for your channel!
Thanks for the video keep it up 👍🏻
Thank you so much once again, Thor. May the Gods bless you.
Thank you. That felt very grounding and informative. Much appreciated.
Awesome !!! Balance in all things !
Great job! This video has provoked me to watch more of your material.
Ty for continuing these amazing videos … I hope life is treating you very well my friend 😎 ✌️ ❤️
Pretty good video; the first I've seen of yours and I intend to see more. I'm new to the writings and have only begun to discover the stories and their meaning.
Thus was incredible. Your best video yet. So relevant to many aspects of life
TYR PLEASE!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭 I’ve been watching for so long and waiting for tyr!
New to the channel, loving the videos so far. Was wondering if you have done or would do a video on Fornjot The Jotunn King, Ancient Kvenland and Yngling House of Norway?
I would love to hear more about Ran
Thank you for all your hard work and generosity. Love your content and style whatever you choose to share. Vidar is my vote
video on Tyr is my pick
Really enjoy all your work and the thoughtfulness you put into study, your time in Greece is a time of growth, taking in other cultures and histories is enriching, you are more than one dimensional and other interests will enhance your creativity, thanks for all your content including the travel vlogs!
I really appreciate your explanation, I once saw Yggdrasil, or the "World Tree" in a dream, at its roots were these sort of gnome spirits taking care of it as nutrients moved up from, and connected our world into the high realms, the branches of the tree were made of lifeforms from all over the galaxy and they were all glowing green, and where they ended was the greater cosmos. It had the intensity of a mushroom trip and I soon made a symbolic representation of it capturing its essence, and had it tattooed in the center of my chest
This talk of from the cosmos to the placenta has my brain repeating the words of Hermes Trismegistus, “as above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul”…
I just found your channel and I’m so excited to dive in.
Would love more on Vidar but there's very little information.
I'm currently reading through some info on the celts. There's so much out there and so much cross over. Keep it up!
Awesome. Thanks
Thank you for all you do. I have always been called by Hel and would love to hear more, since she is so rarely discussed. Not flashy like Thor ;)
I think I'm about to break down and hit up your patreon. Between the village/ homestead dream and some of the personal research that I've been doing outside of the Norse sources into spirituality and the nature of truth and reality I definitely think it's going to be worth.
And thanks for that gorgeous Interpretation of the animals living in yggrasil and the chakren.
I will study it with that background. Very interessting.
Happy new year man
Interesting video ! Thank you for sharing from sources and your point of view.
I would love to hear about Vail and his mother Rind.
Maria kvilhaug have some interesting thoughts and theories on these two. But so little is written about them. So it would be cool to hear what you think and what you can find about them in the sources
Very refreshing to hear about your research and knowledge about these subjects. I've been on a very connected spiritual path informed by nature since I was a child. When I first read about Yggdrasil it was exciting to me the deep connection between worlds that was revealed. It reminded me of the climbing tree in my parents yard that I spent a lot of time in when I was young. That tree was not a yew or ash but it was the tree that brought calm and a place to contemplate my connection to the planet and dreamworlds. I've been very drawn to archeological studies, fossils and geographical phenomena and love hearing about how our ancestors connected to the sacred life forces. For years I let that guide me. It is interesting know a little more about where my family is from and how we integrated those traditions into our American life. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and bringing people in this world a bit closer together.
I’ve always been fascinated by Tyr. Standing for justice and doing the right thing sounds very honorable.
Hi! I definitely appreciate your insight on your studies and can trust you weigh things out a lot better then the majority I've seen in the UA-cam world. I'm new ish to these studies and have had a few things pop up while watching this video. Is there lore on the yggdrasil catching fire? ..
Possibly struck by Lighting? I wonder if the norns are trying to protect the tree from such fate. It triggers a symbolic riddle in me and I'll have to do deeper digging.
Thanks Brother, from the USA. Give us a video on Tyr.
Youd be surprised at parallels with the Lakota sun dance....
In regards to the white water I saw an image of the amniotic water breaking at the time of birth and coming out in a rush, making it appear white just like the rapids of a stream or river or waterfall
I’d be very interested to see in-depth videos on Odin wolfs and Gungnir
This is something I can’t find much details on
Be great if you can do it
Thanks
Happy new year all!!
Love what I hear and feel from you discussing this and had a thought being Pagan and a Goddess worshiper 🧹 and being a reformed Catholic don't you think it's interesting that in the Christian belief systems that Christ was on a wooden cross and his side is pierced with a sword 🗡️ even though he didn't do this if his freewill Weird but a thought 🤔 and your telling of the word is wonderful and such a blessing to me. Bless your gingerbread hearts. 🎃⚡🌙🌟🪄⚡✨💫🧹🎃🌟⚡✨
Great connections.
Relating to the Placenta, the word "Court", as in the center place we go to seek Just remedy, means: Cut. Hailing to the eldest fate Atrapose w each life thread Bedtwin her ✂️Caesars ♋️
Agreed I'm more about ancestors & vaettir.
I'd like your explanation of Rig (sometimes made an aspect of Heimdllr.
Like you I'm a dummy and I know it
Let’s get something on Tyr!
Love the information..find it so interesting, but to be honest it helps your so easy on the eyes...😂 especially for us Vikings fans.😊
That's really interesting.
I thought the "Sky reaching tree' Demjén sings about in 'Honfoglalás' was adopted from Germanic mythology but it was the other way around.
I believe this to be true. On my journey climbing going up and down the sacred tree on my way to the destination.
Can we have a more in depth vid on sending out our hugar, and meditation. I’m sorry I just heard you say it’s on patreon. I’ll look.
an interesting explanation i have seen for the wetting of the tree or daubing it with white loam is symbolic of the liquid of sacrifice being spread on an idol or holy pillar. erick dodge wrote a thesis connecting the waters of the river gjoll with the three wells and the perennial "water of life" symbolized in ritual by various substances that could used for libation, such as milk, blood, semen, honey, or alcohol. this connects with some of the libation practices in the indo-iranian world as well as historical descriptions of liquid offerings to the gods. in the same way that the norns keep the tree alive, man keeps the idol, the community, and the world alive by splattering libations on it. if ever the libation were to stop, the tree would begin to rot.
the dew of the tree reminds me of the alchemical flos coeli, the flux of the sky, which is the dew, and especially powerful after the spring equinox (could the four deer represent the two equinoxes and two solstices?), said to be liquified sunlight. if this same connection were present in the myth, it might connect the dew to the light of the celestial bodies, perhaps moonlight, the stars, or the sun, and thus connect honey and mead with these things. in the east as well, libations are often said to have celestial associations.
Odin!!! Thank you!!!
Tyr for sure. And of course Thor is always a fan favorite. But no matter who you cover i am sure it will be awesome. And i greatly look forward to hearing your view on the topic. Stay safe and blessed be. And hail the Allfather and all his mighty children. May the always look kindly upon you.
It's amazing how much Norse folklore and myth is actually symbolic of aspects of human biology and processes. The mead of poetry and dwarves seem to be symbolic of the unconscious mind according to the fortress of lugh channel
Tyr......We all need a little more Tyr
Tyr is a god I would like to learn more about
I've always believed Yggdrasil to be a fourth dimensional octahedron, with the plutonic solid at the center and each of the face being octahedron themselves representing the 9 realms.
As a tesseract is to a cube, Yggdrasil is to an octahedron.
Visually it would resemble branches on one side and roots on the opposite.
Further evidenced by Sleipnir (Odin's horse/yggr drasil) having eight legs, each leg representing a octahedron face of the solid's body.
I would like to see a video on Ty'r. I’ve heard things such as he used to be the leader of the pantheon. Similar to Zues.
If you take the first letter of the objects and subject as the key to the runic energy adding depth to the Sagas you might see some patterns.
I vote for TYR
I've seen the videos, but I would love to learn more about Thor, Tyr, Skadi, Njord. I also would like to hear more about the dwarves.
The wetting of the tree with white water. Could it be the breaking of a woman's water before she gives birth? The reason I pitch this idea is do to the fact that babies are born with a white film on them. Kind of like how we have water still on us from when we bathe or go for a swim.
While not a god, I would like to see videos about Loki's children. Mainly Fenrir & Jorgunmandr. Love your videos!
Thank you for this video content.
Trees, Pillars, Wheels, Mounds, Mountains, Rivers, Wells, Springs, and Serpents are all very important cosmological symbolisms in all cultural Stories of Creation, and in what other languages but the human inspired from the Earth could our ancestors depict and describe everything they observed on and above the Earth days and nights in and out for generations?
If taking a direct modern cosmological approach to the ancient creation stories and its symbols, we have a terrestrial Pillar to point out the Earth´s celestial rotation axis and we have a nocturnal Wheel on the night sky to describe this rotation and location.
We also have a Wheel of star constellations to mark the Earth´s orbital annual motion around the Sun, which itself is a center point for life on Earth and for everything else in the Solar System.
I have this explanation to be depicted and explained by the Norse (and other) Ask Yggdrasil Tree.
All together this is logically depicted and described as The Tree of Life connecting to the Milky Way (The mythical Milky Way River) around which the Solar System orbits once every 220 mill. Years.
So, we also have a central marking for and connection to the Milky Way Center and its bulged central Mound of Creation, (Mound Meru in Hindu mythology, for instants) providing the knowledge of our origin and cycle of life in the Milky Way - and really beyond too.
Regarding the mythical “Irminsûl”:
“The Old Saxon word compound Irminsûl means 'great pillar'. The first element, Irmin- ('great') is cognate with terms with some significance elsewhere in Germanic mythology. Among the North Germanic peoples, the Old Norse form of Irmin is Jörmunr, which just like Yggr is one of the names of Odin. Yggdrasil (Old Norse 'Yggr's horse') is a cosmic tree from which Odin sacrificed himself, and which connects the Nine worlds. 19th century scholar Jakob Grimm connects the name Irmin with Old Norse terms like iörmungrund ("great ground", i.e. the Earth) or iörmungandr ("great snake", i.e. the Midgard serpent”). (Me: This “great ground” isn´t the Earth).
The Great Snake or Midgaard Serpent is encircling Midgaard, the Earth and home for humans. Folkloristic this can be interpreted “horizontally” as a fairy tale, but it is in fact a vertical scenario as this Serpent symbolizes the Milky Way. As does Odins Wisdom, “Yggs Horse”, and Odins Horse, Sleipnir.
I have especially this “Irminsûl Pillar” to represent the Milky Way as the “Tree of Knowledge” since it specifically refer to Odin and his cosmological wisdom et large.
When Odin is hanging “9 days and nights in this tree”, it is a misinterpretation IMO. It really should be “9 months in the darker seasons”, as the Milky Way scenario is invisible in the rest 3 lighter months of the year.
In Scandinavian Rock Art, one can see a minor and major tree carved side by side and I have the minor one to describe and represent the Solar System and Yggdrasil, and the major one to describe and represent Irminsûl and the Milky Way.
- But that´s just my opinion from studying Comparative Mythology and the modern cosmological story too.
Thanks again and Best Wishes.
Looking at the The Great Pillar, I'm reminded of a tau cross, which is indicative, (to me,) of the Age of Taurus. Also, looking at Mjolnir (or any hammer, really) I've got the same tug of thought. When it is worn as an accessory, it gives me the impression of "As above, so below," as it kind of mirrors a tau cross. I'm pretty fresh to this material, (specifically Norse mythos,) but I have a bit of familiarity with astro-theology, and it feels related. Just something that stood out to me. Was just wondering if any others have given thought to this.
Dude, no.
Hard to pick from all of them. Tyr for sure. freya, baldur.
Týr is due for a good video (called Lugh and Mitra elsewhere on the Indo-Eurosphere).
Tyr please.
I loved your channel when it was more about teaching great things about our ancient Germanic ancestors, and less so when it was more elitist American bashing etc. To be honest I’ve came back many times hoping to learn something new just to be exposed to clickbait, vain or childish themes. I’m glad you’re back to your normal style videos! You used to be more about united us as the sons of the Vikings, and Proto Germanics. That really started to get me into this revival of the old ways more.
im new to learning norse myth but when hearing you say about the carving into wood i thought of the creation of Askr and Enbla which sounded like a similar thing one with no past history as Askr and Enbla were the first the other sound the same but with the having to add ancestry to the being, again possibly suggesting yggdrasil is birth and the passing of genetic information
Har du sett den danske serien "gåden om Odin"?
Hva synes du om Cecilie Nilsens teorier?
Im not Christian but
cant help but pick up on the similarities of this description to
jesus on the cross which is a tree.
Sacrificing himself to himself,injury by a
spear, died on the 9th hour,and journeying to other realms which could be an interpretation of raising to heaven. So funny how so many of these stories from different faiths are so similar. Perhaps they are interpreting their own version.
I would love to have more information of Eir, Fulla and idunn
I'm reminded of the tree of life in Genesis and the burning bush in Exodus.
I want to know more about baldr please!
i would love more info on Ran herself
I'd love to hear more about Idun, Njord and Frigg. Happy Vetrnætr everyone!
I'm sure that a lot of Odin related stuff is about a science of inner evolution as is the Buddhist or Yogic paths(path could be horse in the Yggdrasil translation).
Yggdrasil can be seen as your personality whits can become a more true individual as your evolution progresses in(a personal) Ragnarok, the elves as ancestors, Hell as narcissistic traits, most gods damned and so forth(goddamned😉).
Have you done Freyja yet?
I nominate Skaði. Idk if you already done this.. have good day
Do you ever think you’ll do a video on Estonian Taaraism or Maausk?
Astrologers equate Yggdrasil with the North and South Node. Midpoints between the moons actual position and center points of a perfect circular orbit. These two lunar points become symbolically a snake or dragon running through the center of the earth.
Did you know Ymir is still with us? The greatest of the frost giants of the north. The Arctic Ice Cap. It once covered all of Scandinavia, then when it retreated the first tribes of man claimed the land.
Like your video! I think there is a link between these fasting and hanging in the tree with Jezus. He was 40 day's in the dessert fasting. And he hang at the cross, to than come a live again.....looks to me to have the same origine....?
If anyone is interested in trying to "travel" drumming and water fasting. Sensory deprivation tanks or salt floats. I've done all of these. Some together or by themselves.
Please talk about Freyja
I know not a god but I love to hear more about Surtr
I'd love to hear more abour Njorðr, though I know there isn't a ton in the literature.
Could the white water they water the tree with be the milk of Auðumbla possibly?
Have you every heared of the Bock Saga? A lot of what you sad appeared in what they told in the saga. It would be interisting to hear your point of view on it since you are deep into these legends.
Bock Saga is a story that was created by one eccentric man. He places him and his family at the center everything and mixes in some finnish mythology. I would not call Bock Saga "finnish folklore" as it's not from finnish tradition but just from the mind of one finnish man.
The Bock Saga tells of a hollow planet... I wouldn't trust a story like that.
Ior Bock "saga" is total fantasy. It has no basis in our religion. He also was total racist and promoting race theories and eugenetics. Disgusting man i say.
@@lainet Ior Bock wasn't Finnish at all.
@@varjovirta3085
So, a man born in Finland, to finno swedish parents, who has Finnish roots going back at least hundreds and hundreds of years, is not Finnish just because he's a Swedish speaking finn? 😂
You do know that tons of Swedish speaking finns have majority Finnish dna, right?
My own finno-swedish grandfather from Ostrobothnia, partly of roots from the same areas Bock's ancestors were from, had like 70% Finnish dna.
Ethnic finns and non-finns have mixed through history. And people have changed languages. All finno-swedes have Finnish dna.
But I guess you're only a fan of "pure bloods".
Ior Bock was a Swedish speaking finn. Deal with it or keep crying, racist 😂
I have heard theories that Heimdallr is related to Yggdrasil too.
This was good.. I gotta tell u, i had a magic mushroom once. (And once was ALL it took for me to never do that agn) But, in my trip, everything in my room turned into eyes ofcourse, and then i fell through a blue- glowing 6 sided gateway.. When i got to the other side, i was floating in space facing a GIANT tree (like the 1 in that Avatar film) Every time i breathed in, the tree would glow brighter.. It went on until we synchronized.. Next thing i knew, i was hanging from the tree like a fruit, it still glowed, brighter with every breath i took... I was 1 with this tree... It went on for i dunno how long, i was completely absorbed in this vision.. Then suddenly, i detached like a heavy ripe old apple . I wasn't quite on the ground. Kind of floating near the tree. When to my shock i began to hear what i can only describe as Vadic chanting from India.. Like how the sing the Puranas in a large group.. I looked, and saw a ghostly reddish geometric shape gliding around from behind the tree with THAT mantra sound coming from it... Then the ship thing stopped and turned twards me.. Came at me real slow like it was lining up to hit or eat me.. The tree and i were now OUT of sync at this point. And, i thought i might die. Then, i was inside this red crystal ship, and it was taking me around the tree with it. Chanting continues un interrupted...... I was in a meditative state, sitting in a crystal ship, flying around a giant glowing tree with Mantra chanting in full stereo.... I dont know what happened after that.. Since then though, i get things most people dont. Symbols, hidden meanings, that kind of thing... Had to share that..
Do an episode on vali
What's the name of the graham hancock doco you mentioned?
"With water white/ Is the Great Tree wet;" does this perhaps signify milk? Just a thought, I am probably wrong lol I really enjoyed this video, thank you for making it :)
It would make sense to be milk, because of adhumla.
I'm more inclined to believe the Krakatoa eruption and the volcanic winter that immediately followed is the more likely explanation for the conception of Ragnarok in Norse myths.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaa, woo hoo. Thanks Micheal!!!! Frey, freyja, tyre, Eire, baldor. Please also talk about how and if plant and trees as well as animals have spirits and since are alive are possibly all going to the gods as well as the gods to them, since we basically worship nature and the earth that produces life. Unless I have this terribly wrong. Thank you bröder!!!! And unless someone can enlighten me on a better salutation to use, since I don’t know very much even though I’ve been Norse/Germanic pagan for two years, I will end with Skál to everyone, to your good health!!!!
Freya please!
Various interpretations can be right, it's like the blind men feeling the elephant, there is a Truth and absolute reality, God, but it's not directly obtainable by the senses, you see His reflections in everything and that's how you learn.
siiiiiiiiiiiick
Maybe cutting the head off a giant and preserving it in order to consult the spirit of the giant, means cutting the fruiting body of a mushroom - mushrooms really being giants living in the underworld, their great mycelial networks forming something of an underground neural network. I have had this thought about giants being mushrooms and a great way to preserve it in the old days would be in honey. And honey becomes mead, and maybe magical mushroom infused mead is the real 'mead of poetry'.
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