The Three Roots
The tree of worlds. Yggdrasill. The tree connects many worlds together, it is, as it were, the center of the universe, which weaves into itself all the material and non-material laws of being. Music video by Tpyxa Art.
Lyrics
Þríar rætr standa á þría vega
undan aski Yggdrasils;
Hel býr und einni, annarri hrímþursar,
þriðju mennskir menn.
Askr Yggdrasils drýgir erfiði
meira en menn um viti:
hjörtr bítr ofan, en á hliðu fúnar,
skerðir Niðhöggr neðan.
Beneath the tree Yggdrasil
are three roots, which grow
in three directions.
Hel is beneath one,
Jotunheim beneath another,
Midgard is beneath the third.
The tree Yggdrasil
endures more pain
than any men guess.
It’s eaten from above by the deer,
on the side by rot,
from beneath by Nidhogg.
