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Along with this menagerie are four stags running in the branches eating the leaves, Heidrun the goat and Eikthyrmir the hart also eating leaves. With all the munching going on the tree needs tending - that is the task of the Norns at Urd's well under one of the roots. | Along with this menagerie are four stags running in the branches eating the leaves, Heidrun the goat and Eikthyrmir the hart also eating leaves. With all the munching going on the tree needs tending - that is the task of the Norns at Urd's well under one of the roots. | ||
The Norns pour water over the tree every day keeping its bark white. The tree produces honeydew and also berries which help women with pregnancy. It appears to be the giver / nourishes of life so it is not surprising when we read that the first humans Ash also Ask and Embla were created from trees (one being an Ash), or that two humans Lif and Leifthrasir will hide in the tree during Ragnarok with the tree's honeydew sustaining them until they can go on to restart humanity. | The Norns pour water over the tree every day keeping its bark white. The tree produces honeydew and also berries which help women with pregnancy. It appears to be the giver / nourishes of life so it is not surprising when we read that the first humans Ash also Ask and Embla were created from trees (one being an Ash), or that two humans Lif and Leifthrasir will hide in the tree during [[Ragnarok]] with the tree's honeydew sustaining them until they can go on to restart humanity. | ||
The '''world tree''' was a symbol common to many societies. The tree specifically connecting the three regions of man, heaven, and the underworld appears in eastern mythology. Also Odin's nine night suspension in the tree's branches is similar to Finnish shamanistic practices with a nine night stay in a birch tree." | The '''world tree''' was a symbol common to many societies. The tree specifically connecting the three regions of man, heaven, and the underworld appears in eastern mythology. Also Odin's nine night suspension in the tree's branches is similar to Finnish shamanistic practices with a nine night stay in a birch tree." | ||
The relevance of the '''world tree''' to [[Consumerium]] should be obvious: like the Norse version, which is surrounded by diverse creatures and spirits, Consumerium's wiki- | The relevance of the '''world tree''' to [[Consumerium]] should be obvious: like the Norse version, which is surrounded by diverse creatures and spirits, Consumerium's wiki-cultivated [[gnawlij]] is also constantly tended and updated by many strange creatures, some of whom will [[bite you on the leg]]. Also like the Norse version, the associations made between companies and brands (see [[who owns what]]) and their behaviour (like oh say [[deforestation]]), form a single hierarchy of implications - a "tree" to connect any action to its future [[comprehensive outcome]]. Because there is only *one* such tree (in either case), there will eventually be *some* impact, and nothing can be ignored... | ||
This suggests that the '''world tree''' would be a good symbol for Consumerium. | This suggests that the '''world tree''' would be a good symbol for Consumerium. | ||
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=== References === | === References === | ||
*[http://de.geocities.com/mattismanzel/texte/yggdrasil.html | *[http://de.geocities.com/mattismanzel/texte/yggdrasil.html Yggdrasil] by [[User:MattisManzel]] (in German) | ||