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Yggdrasil was an ash tree connecting multiple worlds

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Norse cosmology really leaned into the whole concept of extreme gardening. Their entire universe was held together by a single, colossal trunk that somehow supported various realms of giants, humans, and deities.

Yggdrasil was an ash tree connecting multiple worlds
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