RE: [ejlist] The trees of life and the titans

["Daniel Capo" <lluerna@oninet.es>]

>Actually I don't think it is so much a snake
>at the root system of the tree as Nidhoegg,
>the dragon. And it is not a hawk at the top
>but an eagle.

Bertil, you´re right it isn´t a hawk but an eagle. And of course I was
talking about Nidhoegg but I thought it was a snake. I was probably wrong
since I was talking from memory. Could it be possible that the Nidhoegg was
first a dragon and then, because of christianism, it became a snake?

Greetings,

Dani
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Bertil Häggman <bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se>
Para: ernst-juenger-l@maillist.ox.ac.uk <ernst-juenger-l@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
Fecha: martes 6 de julio de 1999 3:04
Asunto: SV: [ejlist] The trees of life and the titans


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>>About Yggdrasil I´m not quite sure if we are dealing with the same tree.
I´d
>>say Yggdrasil is more an "axis mundi" tree than a tree of knowledge or
life.
>>Odin offered an eye in order to drink from Mimir, the fountain of
knowledge
>>( here the idea of suffering is not in vain). The image of the cosmic tree
>>is quite common in mythologies, specially among hindus ( katha upanishad
or
>>bhagavad G among others), scandinavians or north - asians in general. Some
>>other traditions seem to prefer talking about Holy Mountains or even
cities,
>>such as the Heaven Jerusalem. The balance of the world depends on the
tree,
>>on the axis mundi. I find curious to realize that a snake tryes to destroy
>>Yggdrasil from the roots and a hawk prevents this everyday in a battle
that
>>seems eternal. I don´t know if the snake has been elicit from the
christian
>>world.
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>On Yggdrasil can be noted that it actually means
>"the terryfying", referring to the horse of Odin.
>Y, is generally an eternal green world tree,
>possibly because Odin himself once hanged
>there. It is also called Mimer's tree. Yggdrasil
>represents the middle of earth. It is seen as a
>huge ash-tree. Under its protection the gods
>assemble to hold ting. At the roots, that go
>deep down inte the underworld, are three
>springs.
>
>One is connected with the world of the gods, where
>the three norns weave the fate. The second, the spring
>of wisdom is garded by Mimer. The third, Vergelmer, waters
>hell (Nifelheim). All rivers on earth are supposed
>to start here. At Nifelheim Nidoegg is torturing
>those who did not fall in battle and went to Valhalla.
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>Actually I don't think it is so much a snake
>at the root system of the tree as Nidhoegg,
>the dragon. And it is not a hawk at the top
>but an eagle.
>
>With Juengerian greetings
>
>Bertil Haggman
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