单词 | yggdrasil |
释义 | Yggdrasiln. Mythology. In Scandinavian mythology, the great tree whose branches and roots extend through the universe. Also allusively. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical plant or fruit tree of mercyc1375 Sodom apple1605 apple of Sodom1635 Sodom fruit1737 Yggdrasil1770 Dead Sea fruit1817 Dead Sea apple1869 triffid1951 tree-people1954 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. II. viii. 49 Gangler demanded: Which is the capital of the Gods, or the sacred city? Har answers, It is under the Ash Ydrasil; where the Gods assemble every day, and administer justice. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 165 The Tree Igdrasil, that has its roots down in the Kingdoms of Hela and Death, and whose boughs overspread the highest Heaven! 1865 W. H. Gillespie Argument Moral Attributes God 51 It [sc. Love] is, in fact, the mundane Yggdrasil. 1865 J. R. Lowell Thoreau in N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 597 The nameless eagle of the tree Ygdrasil. 1878 Emerson in N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 413 You say: ‘Cut away; my tree is Ygdrasil—the tree of life.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1770 |
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