T-shirt Viking Yggdrasil Or as well as protecting itself

as well as protecting itself from harm

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T-shirt Viking Yggdrasil Or as well as protecting itselfThe gallows of the Terrible, the history of runic magic The most commonly accepted etymology of the World Tree name is ygg ("terrible") + drasil ("steed"). This seemingly oblique epithet becomes clearer when one remembers that Yggr ("The Terrible") is a name sometimes used to describe Odin, and "Destrier" is a poetic allusion for the gallows. As such, the name of the tree itself alludes to the mythical episode of Odin's sacrifice on a huge ash tree.