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YGGDRASIL , in Scandinavian See also:mythology, the mystical ash See also:tree which symbolizes existence, and binds together See also:earth,. See also:heaven and See also:hell. It is the tree of See also:life, of knowledge, of See also:fate, of See also:time and of space. Its three roots go down into the three See also:great realms—(I) of See also:death, where, in the well Hvergelmer, the See also:dragon Nidhug (Nibhoggr) and his brood are ever gnawing it; (2) of the giants, where, in the See also:fountain of Mimer, is the source of See also:wisdom; (3) of the gods, Asgard, where, at the sacred fountain of Urd, is the divine tribunal, and the dwelling of the Fates. The See also:stem of Yggdrasil upholds the earth, while its branches overshadow the See also:world and reach up beyond the heavens. On its topmost bough sits an See also:eagle, between whom and Nidhug the See also:squirrel Ratatoskx runs to and fro trying to provoke strife. See also:Honey-See also:dew falls from the tree, and on it See also:Odin hung nine nights, offering himself to himself. G. See also:Vigfusson and See also:York See also:Powell (Corpus Poelicum Boreale, See also:Oxford, 1883) see in Yggdrasil not a See also:primitive Norse See also:idea, but one due to See also:early contact with See also:Christianity, and a fanciful See also:adaptation of the See also:cross. YO-CHOW FU, a prefectural See also:city in the See also:Chinese See also:province of Hu-nan, See also:standing on high ground E. of the outlet of Tungt'See also:ing See also:Lake, in 29° 18' N., 113° 2' E. Pop. about 20,000. It was opened to See also:foreign See also:trade in 1899. The actual See also:settlement is at Chinling-ki, a See also:village 51 M. below Yo-chow and See also:half a mile from the Yangtsze. From Yo-chow the cities of Chang sha and Chang to are accessible for See also:steam vessels See also:drawing 4 to 5 ft. of See also:water by means of the Tung-t'ing Lake and its affluents, the Siang and Yuen See also:rivers. The See also:district in which Yo-chow Fu stands is the See also:ancient See also:habitat of the aboriginal See also:San Miao tribes, who were deported into S.W. See also:China, and who, judging from some non-Chinese festival customs of the See also:people, would appear to have See also:left traditions behind them. The See also:present city, which was built in 1371, is about 3 m. in circumference and is entered by four See also:gates. The walls are high and well built, but failed to keep out the T'aip'ing rebels in 18J3, Situated between Tung-t'ing Lake and the Yangtsze-kiang, Yo-chow Fu forms a See also:depot for native products destined for export, and for foreign goods on their way inland. The See also:net value of the See also:total trade of the See also:port in 1906 was 747,000 taels. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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