“It is said that in ancient times people built their homes at the foot of mighty trees, so that the strong trunks would serve as support. They wanted to organize their dwellings like the Universe: after all, in the middle of it the Gods grew a tree to penetrate all nine worlds and bind them together. This tree is the ash tree, and they say it has no equal in power and beauty.
and beauty. It sprouted from the lower worlds, its trunk supports the Midgard of men, and its crown is higher than the heavens. to travel between the worlds, there is no better way. The tree has three roots, and these roots are far apart. One is with the Aesir in the heavens, and the other with the Frost Giants, where the abyss of Ginungagap used to be. And the third root stretches to the Dark World of Niflheim, and still the stream bubbles beneath it. the Boiling Cauldron. In the poisonous spring the evil dragon Nidhögg has settled, he gnaws on the root of the ash tree, hoping to destroy men and gods... Men and Gods. Beneath that root in Jotunheim there is also a key, and whoever drinks from it, "will gain knowledge and wisdom."