Glasir

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In Norse mythology, Glasir is a tree with golden leaves located in Asgard outside the doors of Valhalla. According to the Skáldskaparmál section of the Prose Edda:

"Glasir stands with golden leaf before Sigtyr's [Odin's] halls." (Faulkes trans.)

It is described as "the most beautiful tree among gods and men", and "Glasir's foliage" is sometimes used as a kenning for gold.

The most notable similarity between Glasir and Yggdrasil (or Laerad), the World Tree, is the location of both relative to the hall of Odin, but the identification of one with the other has never been established with certainty.

[edit] References

• Faulkes, Anthony (transl. and ed.) (1987). Edda (Snorri Sturluson). Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3

[edit] See also

• Irminsul

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