page_title: Tree of life
hierarchical_section_title: Tree of life
caption_attribution_description: English: English translation of the Prose Edda from 1847, by Oluf Olufsen Bagge. Text below the image: "Baxter...ton Square". Full text (see other version or the-public-domain-review.imgix.net): "Baxters Patent Oil Printing 11 Northampton squareYggdrasil, The Mundane Treesee p. 492",from a plate included in the English translation of the Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge (1847) Description below from Flickr consulted January 3, 2020: Oluf Olufsen Bagge (1780-1836), Yggdrasil, Prose Edda, 1847 Danish engraver b Copenhagen; d Copenhagen? Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central to Norse cosmology and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to hold their courts. 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 wyrm (dragon) Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór.
context_page_description: The tree of life is a fundamental widespread myth or archetype in many of the world's mythologies, religious and philosophical traditions. It is closely related to the concept of the sacred tree.
  The tree of knowledge, connecting to heaven and the underworld, and the tree of life, connecting all forms of creation, are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree, and are portrayed in various religions and philosophies as the same tree.
context_section_description: The tree of life is a fundamental widespread myth (mytheme) or archetype in many of the world's mythologies, religious and philosophical traditions. It is closely related to the concept of the sacred tree. 
  The tree of knowledge, connecting to heaven and the underworld, and the tree of life, connecting all forms of creation, are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree, and are portrayed in various religions and philosophies as the same tree.
caption: An 1847 depiction of the Norse Yggdrasil as described in the Icelandic Prose Edda by Oluf Olufsen Bagge
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