Yggdrasill

The mighty evergreen ash, Yggdrasill is the pillar of the universe in Nordic mythology. Its three roots stretch to the worlds of death, frost-giants, and men.

A central point in the cosmos is the evergreen ash, Yggdrasill. It sprang from the body of the giant Ymir and its three roots extend into Asgard (the abode of the gods), Jotunheim (the giants' country) and Niffleheim (the land of darkness). The roots are watered by springs from each of these lands.

At the spring in Asgard, the root is well-tended by the three goddesses of fate — past, present and future. The spring in Jotunheim is Ymir's well, the fount of wisdom. But the spring in Niffleheim feeds Nidhogge, an adder that gnaws at the root of the Yggdrasill. Four stags (that represent the four winds) bite the foliage of the Yggdrasill.

Appears in

• Xenogears as Yggdrasil
• Final Fantasy Tactics as Parasite Tree
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions as Yggdrasil Mistletoe
• Seiken Densetsu III as Yggdrasil Branch
• Legend of Mana as Yggdrasil card
• Dragon Quest VIII as Yggdrasil Leaf
• Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and The Tower of Mirrors as Yggdrasil Leaf, Yggdrasil Dew
• Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen as Yggdrasil Leaf, Yggdrasil Dew
• Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride as Yggdrasil Leaf
• Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation as Yggdrasil Leaf
• Dragon Quest IX as Yggdrasil
• Dragon Quest X as Yggdrasil Leaf
• Torneko no Daibouken 2 Advance as Yggdrasil Leaf
• Torneko no Daibouken 3 Advance as Yggdrasil Leaf
• Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria as Yggdrasill
• Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth as Yggdrasill
• Treasure Hunter G (World Tree)
• Vagrant Story as Yggdrasill's Tears
• Blood of Bahamut as Yggdrasil
• Ogre Battle 64 as Yggdrasil
• Final Fantasy Dimensions as Yggdrasil
• Tactics Ogre as Yggdrasil Gnarl
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII as Yggdrasil

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