I love Norse Mythology and I particularly love Yggdrasil: The tree of life. So much so I even created a little bronze necklace inspired by this magical folklore. The handmade necklace is available in my Etsy store here.
Yggdrasil is an eternally green Ash tree, whose branches stretch out and support all nine worlds. Yggdrasil is held up by three huge roots, the first root is in Asgard, the home of the Gods. Next to this root is a well named Urd’s well. This is where the Gods meet.
"The second root from Yggdrasil goes all the way down to Jotunheim, the land of the giants, next to this root is Mimir’s well. The third root from Yggdrasil goes down to Niflheim, close to the well Hvergelmir. It is here the dragon Nidhug is chewing on one of Yggdrasil’s roots. At the very top of Yggdrasil lives an eagle, the eagle and the dragon Nidhug are bitter enemies, they truly despise each other. There is a squirrel named Ratatosk, and he spending almost the entire day, by running up and down the ash tree.
Ratatosk does whatever he can, to keep the hatred between the eagle and the dragon alive. Every time Nidhug says a curse or an insult about the eagle, Ratatosk will run up to the top of the tree, and tell the eagle what Nidhug just said. The eagle is equally rude in his comments about Nidhug. Ratatosk just loves to gossip which is the reason why the eagle and the dragon remains constant foes." You can read more about the tree of life at www.norse-mythology.net
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