yggdrasil

yggdrasil... i have encountered this word a lot this passed few days... actually in shuffle!, ah! megami sama and digimon x-evolution. besides those, the word also appeared in several other games, role playing games, comics, novels, other animes and music. at first i wasn't interested in what it is or what it even stands for... but then, search for knowledge... really now, is this me?

oh well, turns out that yggdrasil is a gigantic ash tree in Norse mythology. it is sometimes called Mímameiðr or Lérað. this gigantic ash tree is thought to connect the nine worlds in Norse cosmology. Ásgard, Álfheimr and Vanaheim rested on the branches of Yggdrasil. The trunk was the world-axis piercing through the center of Miðgarðr, around which Jötunheimr was situated, and below which lay Nidavellir or Svartálfheim. The three roots stretched down to Hel, Niflheim, and Muspelheim, although only the first world hosted a spring for Yggdrasil. (from wikipedia.org) it is also said that it have some relation to odin and ragnarok... i don't really get all these already so i will just stop blabbering... you can check it out in wikipedia if you want more knowledge though.

oh well, in Shuffle!, it was used to describe an experiment made in the demon world... an experiment in life. they wanted to find life with powerful magic and abilities in a human or demon container. terrible... oh well... i won't go into details and spoil everyone else :D

just in case you guys stumble upon this :D