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n. - (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and heaven and hell together.

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  • That was how it got the name Yggdrasil, the Horse of the Terrible One.
  • It became popularly known as Yggdrasil, after the world tree of ancient Norse mythology.
  • But where the Norse axis was a sacred ash tree called Yggdrasil, Dorchen's is a poker table.
  • We're on our way to Yggdrasil, and I'm not frozen.
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