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Ygdrasil
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Ygdrasil
the great ash tree that supported the universe, having sprung from the body of the giant Ymir. [Norse Myth.: Benét, 111]
See : Trees


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In the Norse poem Havamal, the High Song of Odin, the god recounts how he acquired knowledge of the runes while hanging upside down from Yggdrasil, the world tree:
Most of the entries pair an explanation of the culture's cosmology with a story or excerpt from that tradition: from Norse mythology, the larger layout of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, is paired with the specific story of the death of Balder.
The Equinox Linux drivers have been tested with packaged commercial Linux releases by Redhat, Slackware, Yggdrasil, and Caldera.
 
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