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The Yggdrasill Templar treeship

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From World Tree to Templar treeship

The Yggdrasill was a state-of-the-art, beautiful treeship built and designed by the Templars commanded by True Voice of the Tree Het Masteen. It was about one kilometer long. The treeship took the Seven Pilgrims to the Final Shrike Pilgrimage in Hyperion. http://hyperioncantos.wikia.com/wiki/Yggdrasill

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Yggdrasil

At the center of the Norse spiritual cosmos is an ash tree, Yggdrasil (pronounced “IG-druh-sill”; Old Norse Askr Yggdrasils), which grows out of the Well of Urd (Old Norse Urðarbrunnr). The Nine Worlds are held in the branches and roots of the tree. The name Askr Yggdrasils probably strikes most modern people as being awkwardly complex. It means “the ash tree of the horse of Yggr.” Yggr means “The Terrible One,” and is a byname of Odin. The horse of Odin is Sleipnir. This may seem like a puzzling name for a tree, but it makes sense when one considers that the tree as a means of transportation between worlds is a common theme in Eurasian shamanism. Odin rides Sleipnir up and down Yggdrasil’s trunk and through its branches on his frequent journeys throughout the Nine Worlds. http://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/yggdrasil-and-the-well-of-urd/

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Tree tie pin

“The man in the pale suit in the seat beside Shadow put out his arm and tapped his watch with his fingernail. It was a black “Rolex. “You’re late,” said the man, and he grinned a huge grin with no warmth in it at all.” “The suit looked expensive, and was the color of melted vanilla ice cream. His tie was dark gray silk, and the tiepin was a tree, worked in silver: trunk, branches, and deep roots.” Excerpt From: Gaiman, Neil. “American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (Enhanced Edition).” HarperCollins, 2011.

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Woden's Day

Question: Where did the names of the days of the week come from? Answer: … weekday names in English are derived from Anglo-Saxon names for gods in Teutonic mythology. Tuesday comes from Tiu, or Tiw, the Anglo-Saxon name for Tyr, the Norse god of war. Tyr was one of the sons of Odin, or Woden, the supreme deity after whom Wednesday is named. Similarly, Thursday originates from Thor, the god of thunder. Friday is derived from Frigga, the wife of Odin, representing love and beauty. http://www.almanac.com/fact/where-did-the-names-of-the-days

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Mr. Wednesday

“I said, who are you?” “Let’s see. Well, seeing that today certainly is my day—why don’t you call me Wednesday? Mister Wednesday. Although given the weather, it might as well be Thursday, eh?” _______________________________ Excerpt From: Gaiman, Neil. “American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition (Enhanced Edition).” HarperCollins, 2011.