Yggdrasil Tattoo (repost)

[The Kilted Heathen]

Reposting in a general thread, so non-Heathens can appreciate it too.

A while back I designed my next tattoo, and yesterday I got it. Yggdrasil houses Eight of the Nine Worlds, with the primordial forces of Múspellsheimr and Niflheimr represented by the sun and moon. The roots - through which Níðhöggr entwines, connect with my Wardruna bindrune. This is done to represent Odin looking down from Yggdrasil to grasp the runes (though I believe the Futhark are our runes, and the ones Odin acquired are different and shrouded in mystery.)

 

[YmirGF]

Though I am not into tattoo's that is pretty cool.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Reposting in a general thread, so non-Heathens can appreciate it too.

A while back I designed my next tattoo, and yesterday I got it. Yggdrasil houses Eight of the Nine Worlds, with the primordial forces of Múspellsheimr and Niflheimr represented by the sun and moon. The roots - through which Níðhöggr entwines, connect with my Wardruna bindrune. This is done to represent Odin looking down from Yggdrasil to grasp the runes (though I believe the Futhark are our runes, and the ones Odin acquired are different and shrouded in mystery.)

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Translate for this non-heathern.

What is the story behine your tatoo?

 

[Buddha Dharma]

Reposting in a general thread, so non-Heathens can appreciate it too.

A while back I designed my next tattoo, and yesterday I got it. Yggdrasil houses Eight of the Nine Worlds, with the primordial forces of Múspellsheimr and Niflheimr represented by the sun and moon. The roots - through which Níðhöggr entwines, connect with my Wardruna bindrune. This is done to represent Odin looking down from Yggdrasil to grasp the runes (though I believe the Futhark are our runes, and the ones Odin acquired are different and shrouded in mystery.)

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It's a very nice and well done tattoo

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Very nice!

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Translate for this non-heathern. What is the story behine your tatoo?

I'm working on this, for those curious, but my schedules are crazy and there's a fair bit of content.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Sorry this has taken so long.

So in Norse cosmology, Yggdrasil is the Worlds Tree that houses the Nine Realms.

Múspellsheimr: Primordial realm of heat and life - Represented by the sunwheel ringed in eight Maðr ᛘ ("M") runes; forms a simplified Aegishjalmur or "Helm of Protection/Awe"
Asgardr: Realm of the Æsir (Odin, Thor, Frigga, etc) - Represented by the bough marked by the Ár ᛅ ("A") rune
Vanaheimr: Realm of the Vanir (Njord, Freyr, Freyja, etc) - Represented by the bough marked by the Úr ᚢ ("U/V") rune
Ljósálfaheimr: Realm of the álfar (elves) - Represented by the bough marked by the Lögr ᛚ ("L") rune
Miðgarðr: Middle-Earth; the Realm of Man - Represented by the trunk of Yggdrasil marked by the Maðr ᛘ ("M") rune
Svartálfaheimr: Realm of the dökkálfar (dwarves) - Represented by the bough marked by the Sól ᛋ ("S") rune
Jötunheimr: Realm of the jötnar (giants) - Represented by the bough marked by the Is ᛁ ("I/J") rune
Helheimr: Realm of the dead - Represented by the bough marked by the Hagal ᚼ ("H") rune
Niflheimr: Primordial realm of cold and entropy - Represented by the moon symbol, ringed by four Nauðr ᚾ ("N") runes; having half the number of the sunwheel represents half the light given by the moon in comparison

At the top of Yggdrasil roosts a nameless eagle, and through it's roots winds Níðhöggr, the dragon that gnaws at it's roots (and also devours the corpses of community-peace breakers)