Norse's Yggdrasil and the Tree of Life

Written 2/12/12
Yggdrasil is the tree of life of the Old Norse. sacred tree at Uppsala was a sacred tree located at the Temple at Uppsala, Sweden, an evergreen tree. The European Yew grows in Northwest Africa, Iran,Europe, and Southwest Asia. In the Canon of Medicine (1021) the drug from this tree was named Zarnab, and was used as a cardiac rememdy. It is used today in a synthetic form for chemotherapy and in the Central Himalayas, the plant is used as a treatment for breast and ovary cancer. Taxanes, which comes from the plant,  freezes mitosis and stops cell division. Coincidence that such a plant has been honored as the tree of life among some cultures who have kept Egyptian science embeded in their rituals.  Ancient KMT medical science restored. (from my notes dated 6/28/11).

Tomb of Pashedu, Valley of the Kings
Tree, Snake,

Yggdrasil is commonly held as the Ash Tree. I found this noteworthy because this week (2/10/12) I was searching for the etymology of Nashville as I was preparing an itenerary to create a "Discovering Egypt in Nashville" tour. Interestingly, Ash is in the olive and lilac family. What was interesting to note for me was that Ash exudes a sugary substance that was fermented to create the Norse "Mead of Inspiration". My quest for the meaning of Nashville brings me back to Seshat! Yet again connecting masonic thinking to ancient Egypt. I say masonic in reference to the architecture and name for Nashville. While Nashville has several noteworthy architectural references to Egypt finding a suitable name for the city was also of importance. The sound Nash is said to come from Atten Ash which means near an ash tree. We will see stories from Egypt of those near the tree. The term Nash was a shortened form of Aten ash in old English. The Ate was dropped phonetically. Other related terms include Ash/As, Ashemu, Ashtoreth, Ashorath, Ishtar, Isis, and Astarte.

Tomb of Thutmosis III, KV34,
1400s BC 18th Dynasty

Breast-like fruit growing from the 
trunk of the sacred yaxche tree. 

Bird as spirit messenger perched on top. 

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According to Norse mythology drinking the milk of the Ash tree makes one a skald or scholar. Is it no wonder that Nashville is home to so many colleges.

One website on the tree of life notes,

"In tomb depictions, the deceased, frequently accompanied by his wife, was shown sitting under or near the branches of a tree, with Hathor sprouting from the trunk, enjoying the fruit and drink offered by this goddess. An excellent example of such a representation is in the Theban tomb of Sennedjem.

Scenes and inscriptions clearly show a link between the tree-goddess, the symbol of renewal, and the dead in the form of the avian Ba, for as a bird, the soul of the dead was attracted to, and nourished by the tree."

As in its ancient Egypt and South America, the Norse retelling of the script also uses the representation of a bird.

Chased by Suttungr, Odin spits the mead of poetry into several vessels.
Jakob Sigurosson, 18th century Icelandic artist.

Ogdin wins for men the magic mead

In this version of the story the "rhymester's share" (skaldfifla hlutr) could be drunk by anyone. However the mead of poetry was given by Odin to the Gods and to the men gifted in poetry. I think of rappers delight.... In the Norse story it references Aegin, a god coming from the sea (foreign). The Ae combo was a representation of the tree goddess in script.  this further connects the Norse's Yggdrasil with the Egyptian Tree of Life. Scholars/Skalds are shown to be connected to Ssh/she who scrivens/7/tree goddess in many cultures. Knowledge, script, and stories wrapped in parables exist cross culturally  that tie us to Lady Wisdom of the Pre-Dynastic times. Ancient Africa/KMT history told by authors across the world. The knowledge of self is transformative. 

I will leave you with some small tidbits on mead. I encourage you to search this subject and read my other blogs about mead, honey wine, and bees/honeycombs.  "Mead: In Scythia it was called medos; in Greece, methu; in India, madhu; in England, mead; in Old Irish, mid; in German, meth; in the Slavic countries, medu; in Lithuanian, medus; etc. The East-African nomadic races not only eat the wild honey but they dilute it with water and let it ferment into wine or beer called tetsch, which is their favorite drink. The African soothsayers and prophets intoxicate themselves with this honey-wine. During ceremonials and magical practices it is liberally used. They drink it from horns, like the Niebelungen used to do, and also distil it for brandy."