Yggdrasil is offered as a cosmic tree
In Norse mythology, a giant ash tree, Yggdrasil ( Fig.
This public-health paper pauses on a Norse image: a giant ash, Yggdrasil, as the earth's axis, pointing toward the North Star, with branches over heaven and earth and three great roots linking gods, giants, and the dead. The authors therefore call it an example of a cosmic tree.
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In Norse mythology, a giant ash tree, Yggdrasil, acts as the earth’s axis and points towards the North Star.
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- Supports: Old lessons for new science: How sacred-tree metaphors can inform studies of the public-health benefits of the natural environment (Abrahamic religions › Norse mythology ¶1)
Its branches stretch out over heaven and earth, and its three great roots link together the realms of the gods, giants, and the dead.
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- Supports: Old lessons for new science: How sacred-tree metaphors can inform studies of the public-health benefits of the natural environment (Abrahamic religions › Norse mythology ¶1)
It, is, therefore an example of a cosmic tree.
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- Supports: Old lessons for new science: How sacred-tree metaphors can inform studies of the public-health benefits of the natural environment (Abrahamic religions › Norse mythology ¶1)
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