world tree

English

Noun

world tree (plural world trees)

  1. In various mythologies, an enormous tree that connects or forms an axis between different realms or worlds and serves as a symbol of the universe's structure and interconnectedness.
    • 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 1:
      He hung from the world-tree, Yggdrasil, hung there for nine nights.
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