Somewhere Over the Rainbow......
Understanding Old Norse
Cosmology
Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds
THE YGGDRASIL CHRONICLE
Historic Conceptions of the World-Tree
| An Introduction to
Old Norse Cosmology |
Counting the Nine Worlds of Norse
Mythology |
| Where
on Earth is Asgard? What Snorri's Edda Really Says About the Home of the Gods |
In Search of Iðavöllr:
Turning Heaven Upside Down |
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THE PRIMARY
PERSPECTIVES |
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I.
Old Norse Cosmology Drawn from
Passages in the Poetic Edda Towards an Understanding of the Genuine Old Heathen Worldview: How our Heathen Forebears Saw their World  |
II. Old Norse Cosmology
Drawn from
Passages in Snorri's Edda Snorri's Attempt to Combine the Roman Catholic and Old Norse Worldviews: A Cosmology in Chaos  Kevin Crossley-Holland's The Norse Myths (1988) |
III. Inngard and Utgard: A Modern Scholarly Perspective Attempts to Reconcile the Cosmological References in the Poetic Edda and Snorri's Edda  |
IV.
The World-Mill
The Mill at the Bottom of the Sea  |
V. The Symbolism of Sacrifice Delving Deeper into the Mysteries of the Germanic Religion  |
The Nine Worlds of Norse Mythology  |
"I think that I shall never see, A sight as lovely as a Tree."
[Poetic Edda][Snorri's Edda][Scholarly View][World-Mill][Symbolism]
| Grimnismal 31: "Three Roots Stand on Three Ways Beneath the Tree" | ||
 Hvergelmir |
 Mimir's Grove |
 Urd's Well |
"The eye for our antiquites, often merely wants opening," —Jacob Grimm