world tree

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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