In other words, Óðinn's horse, referring to the nine nights he is said to have spent hanging from the tree, or "riding the gallows", in order to acquire knowledge of the runic alphabet. While the name means the "terrible steed", it is usually taken to mean the "steed of the terrible one", with Yggr the epithet of the god Óðinn. The most commonly accepted etymology of the name is ygg "terrible" + drasil "steed". The tree is an example of sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, and scholars have discussed the implications of the tree since the early in the field of Germanic philology. Scholars generally consider Hoddmímis holt, Mímameiðr, and Læraðr to be other names for the tree. Creatures live within Yggdrasill, including the dragon Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. The branches of Yggdrasill 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. The gods go to Yggdrasill daily to assemble at their things, traditional governing assemblies. In both sources, Yggdrasill is an immense ash tree that is center to the cosmos and considered very holy. Yggdrasill is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
Yggdrasill (Danish, Dutch, English, Norwegian and Swedish: Yggdrasil) is an immense mythical tree that plays a central role in Norse cosmology, where it connects the Nine Worlds.
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