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Description
After a long time of thinking about the Yggdrasil Tree as a subject I finally decided to take a shot at it. The background is one of my Mandelbulb 3D renders, which was also used for HDRI lighting of the scene in Vue 10 xStream.

To go along with the image, and to get you in the mood, here is a description of the Yggdrasil from the Poetic Edda.

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An eagle sitteth on Yggdrasil's limbs,
whose keen eyes widely ken;
'twixt his eyes a fallow falcon is perched,
called Vedhrfolnir, and watcheth.

Ratatosk the squirrel is called which runneth ay
about the ash Yggdrasil:
the warning words of the watchful eagle
he bears to Nidhogg beneath.

Four harts also the highest shoots,
ay gnaw from beneath:
Dain and Dvalin, Duneyr and Dyrathror.

More wyrms do lie the world-tree beneath
than unwise apes may ween:
Goin and Moin, which are Grafvitnir's sons,
Grabak and Grafvolluth;
Ofnir and Svafnir ay, I fear me,
on that tree's twigs will batten.

The ash Yggdrasil doth ill abide,
more than to men to is known:
the hart browsing above, its bole rotting,
and Nidhogg gnawing beneath.

Grimnismál

Enjoy!

Pete

Description
After a long time of thinking about the Yggdrasil Tree as a subject I finally decided to take a shot at it. The background is one of my Mandelbulb 3D renders, which was also used for HDRI lighting of the scene in Vue 10 xStream.

To go along with the image, and to get you in the mood, here is a description of the Yggdrasil from the Poetic Edda.

*****************************

An eagle sitteth on Yggdrasil's limbs,
whose keen eyes widely ken;
'twixt his eyes a fallow falcon is perched,
called Vedhrfolnir, and watcheth.

Ratatosk the squirrel is called which runneth ay
about the ash Yggdrasil:
the warning words of the watchful eagle
he bears to Nidhogg beneath.

Four harts also the highest shoots,
ay gnaw from beneath:
Dain and Dvalin, Duneyr and Dyrathror.

More wyrms do lie the world-tree beneath
than unwise apes may ween:
Goin and Moin, which are Grafvitnir's sons,
Grabak and Grafvolluth;
Ofnir and Svafnir ay, I fear me,
on that tree's twigs will batten.

The ash Yggdrasil doth ill abide,
more than to men to is known:
the hart browsing above, its bole rotting,
and Nidhogg gnawing beneath.

Grimnismál

Enjoy!

Pete