Card Trivia:The World Tree


 * The World Tree was an important feature in the cosmology of Norse myth. Known as Yggdrasill, it was a great tree whose branches spanned the whole universe. Midgard (the world of humans, Earth) sat at the center, while Asgard (the realm of the gods) was situated above, Nifhelm, or Hell, was below, and Jotenhelm, the realm of the giants, surrounded. Several legends involve Yggdrasill, such as the story of how Odin hanged himself from its branches for nine days in order to gain the power of runic magic.