Yggdrasil

Summary

Yggdrasil is a mythical tree^[1]. Yggdrasil ranks in the top 10% of mythical_tree entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,779 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yggdrasil's instance of is recorded as mythical tree^[3].
• Yggdrasil's instance of is recorded as Norse mythical location^[4].
• Yggdrasil's instance of is recorded as axis mundi^[5].
• Yggdrasil is part of Norse cosmology^[6].
• Yggdrasil is part of Norse mythology^[7].
• Yggdrasil's Commons category is recorded as Yggdrasil^[8].
• Yggdrasil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Yggdrasil^[9].
• Yggdrasil's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• Yggdrasil's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Yggdrasil's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[12].
• Yggdrasil's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[13].
• Yggdrasil's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[14].
• Yggdrasil's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• Yggdrasil's present in work is recorded as Poetic Edda^[16].
• Yggdrasil's present in work is recorded as Prose Edda^[17].
• Yggdrasil's manifestation of is recorded as earth-tree^[18].
• Yggdrasil's different from is recorded as Yggdrasil^[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include mythical tree^[3], Norse mythical location^[4], and axis mundi^[5].

Use and Application

Part of include Norse cosmology^[6], a mythological cosmology^[20] and Norse mythology^[7], a mythology by ethnic group^[21].

Influence

Things named for Yggdrasil include Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X^[22], a Linux distribution^[23], founded in 1992^[24].

Why It Matters

Yggdrasil ranks in the top 10% of mythical_tree entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,779 views/month).^[2] Yggdrasil has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] Yggdrasil is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]

Entities named for Yggdrasil include Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X^[22], a Linux distribution^[23], founded in 1992^[24].