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The Secrets of Yggdrasill.
In my video about "What and who is Odin", I suggested there is a connection between Mimir and the tree of life. As you remember, Mimir means reminiscence, the act of or process of recalling past experience, etcetera. But where is the connection between Mimir and Yggdrasil in the mythology? Did I just make that up? Did I over interpret things here? No, everything is in the mythology, plain and clear, right in front of our eyes. In Fjölsvinnsmál stanza 20, we learn that:
Let me talk a little bit about Yggdrasil. In Völuspá, stanza 19, it says:
From Grimnismal, stanza 32:
The eagle that Ratatoskr brings words from is the eagle we see hanging above Valhalla. Described in Grímnismál, stanza 10:
To sum it up, Mimameiðr is the tree of life, another name for Yggdrasil. Mimir means reminiscence, the act of recalling past experience which is what is happening in the womb when the placenta transfers the knowledge of the ancestors to the fetus. It is called a head. And it is decapitated when the child is born, when you cut the umbilical cord. Yes. We're going to return to that image later on when we talk about the symbol of dragons and such in fairy tales and mythology.
You still don't know enough or what?
In my video about "What and who is Odin", I suggested there is a connection between Mimir and the tree of life. As you remember, Mimir means reminiscence, the act of or process of recalling past experience, etcetera. But where is the connection between Mimir and Yggdrasil in the mythology? Did I just make that up? Did I over interpret things here? No, everything is in the mythology, plain and clear, right in front of our eyes. In Fjölsvinnsmál stanza 20, we learn that:
It's called Mímameiðr.Mímameiðr is another name for Yggdrasil. And what does it translate as? Yes, the tree of Mimir. In other words, the tree of reminiscence. And this is the placenta transferring past experiences to the fetus. Therefore, we learn that Odin is drinking from the well of Mimir.
Not many know where the roots run or how it is felled.
Few know, neither fire nor axe bites it.
Let me talk a little bit about Yggdrasil. In Völuspá, stanza 19, it says:
I know an ash stand. It's called Yggdrasil.Urðar translates as honour. But it is commonly seen as being the Norn of the past. In other words, past honour. And what is it that creates the water in the womb, or in the fetus lie(?) whilst being nourished by The Tree of Life? Yes. The amniotic bag. Drops of dew drips over the placenta. Over Yggdrasil.
It stands tall, wet from White Water.
From it comes the dew that falls in the valleys,
stands forever green above the well of Urðar
From Grimnismal, stanza 32:
The squirrel is called Ratatoskr.Ratatoskr means runabout. And we actually see his name explained right after he's mentioned in the stanza. He runs about in the ash-tree, bringing words from the eagle to Nithhogg. Nithhogg is commonly known as a worm that gnaws on the roots of Yggdrasil. But its name can translate as "decapitation of the kinsman". Yes, it can really translate as that. Nidhoggr is the fetus gnawing on the umbilical cord. The roots of Yggdrasil connected to the placenta. This can remind us of a few things, like Mimir described as a decapitated head. And, of course, Odin himself, as the sum of the forebears, the kinsmen, who, when he is reborn, has the umbilical cord cut. The placenta is sometimes described as a head, sometimes as Mimir, and it is indeed decapitated when Odin is born.
He shall run on the ash Yggdrasil.
The words of the eagle he shall carry from above
and bring down to Nithhogg.
Not many know where the roots run or how it is felled <...> neither fire nor axe bites itYes, because when you are born, the placenta dies no matter what you do. Neither fire nor axe kills it. The placenta kills itself. It gives itself to itself. Odin hanging in the tree and falling down. Reborn. So the Placenta is the sum of the ancestors, and it gives itself to itself. To a fetus. It becomes itself again.
The eagle that Ratatoskr brings words from is the eagle we see hanging above Valhalla. Described in Grímnismál, stanza 10:
Above Valhalla hangs an eagle.The eagle itself is a complete picture of the same. It comes from an egg and spreads out its wings. That would be the amniotic bag. The head of the eagle is the placenta, normally located above the fetus. And its claws are the umbilical cord attached to the fetus. As explained in "The Secret of the She-Bear". Ratatoskr is a squirrel. Squirrels in Europe are red. What else is red? That travels between the placenta and the fetus? Blood. What is it that brings messages from the placenta to the fetus? Blood. What is moving fast about in the branches? The veins of the placenta. Blood. There you have your answer. Ratatoskr is the blood.
To sum it up, Mimameiðr is the tree of life, another name for Yggdrasil. Mimir means reminiscence, the act of recalling past experience which is what is happening in the womb when the placenta transfers the knowledge of the ancestors to the fetus. It is called a head. And it is decapitated when the child is born, when you cut the umbilical cord. Yes. We're going to return to that image later on when we talk about the symbol of dragons and such in fairy tales and mythology.
You still don't know enough or what?