ʻO Yggdrasil, ka lāʻau honua a i ʻole "Laau o ke ola"

Aia ma waenakonu o Asgard, kahi e noho ai nā akua a me nā akua wahine Iggdrasil . Iggdrasil - laau o ke ola , lehu omaomao mau loa; ʻO nā lālā e hohola ma luna o nā honua ʻeiwa o ka moʻolelo Scandinavian a hoʻonui i luna a ma luna o ka lani. ʻEkolu mau aʻa nui ʻo Yggdrasil: aia ke kumu mua o Yggdrasil ma Asgard, aia ka hale o nā akua ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Urd i kapa ʻia, eia nā akua a me nā akua wahine e mālama i kā lākou mau hālāwai i kēlā me kēia lā.

ʻO ke kumu ʻelua o Yggdrasil e iho ana i Jotunheim, ka ʻāina o nā pilikua, ma ka ʻaoʻao o kēia kumu ka pūnāwai o Mimir. Ke iho nei ke kumu ekolu o Yggdrasil i Niflheim, kokoke i ka luawai o Hvergelmir. Ma ʻaneʻi ʻai ka deragona Nidug i kekahi o nā aʻa o Yggdrasil. Kaulana nō hoʻi ʻo Nidug no ka omo ʻana i ke koko mai nā kupapaʻu i hiki mai i Hel. Aia ma ka piko o Yggdrasil kahi ʻaeto, he ʻaeto a me ka deragona Nidug - nā ʻenemi ʻino loa, hoʻowahāwahā lākou i kekahi i kekahi. Aia kekahi squirrel i kapa ʻia ʻo Ratatatoskr e holo a puni ka lāʻau lehu no ka hapa nui o ka lā.

Hana ʻo Ratatatoskr i kāna mea maikaʻi loa e mālama i ka inaina ma waena o ka ʻaeto a me ka deragona. I kēlā me kēia manawa e haʻi aku ai ʻo Nidhug i ka ʻōlelo hōʻino a hōʻino paha i ka ʻaeto, holo ʻo Ratatatoskr i luna o ka lāʻau a haʻi i ka ʻaeto i ka mea a Nidhug i ʻōlelo ai. 'Ōlelo koʻikoʻi ka ʻaeto no Nidhuga. Makemake ʻo Ratatatoskr i ka ʻōlelo ʻino, no laila e noho mau ka ʻaeto a me ka deragona i mau ʻenemi mau.