Víðópnir

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This tree from the Viking Age Överhogdal tapestries is believed to show Yggdrasill with Víðópnir.
This tree from the Viking Age Överhogdal tapestries is believed to show Yggdrasill with Víðópnir.

According to Fjölsvinnsmál, Víðópnir or Víðófnir is a rooster that sits at the top of Mímameiðr, a tree often taken to be identical with the World Tree Yggdrasil. The name does not otherwise occur in the medieval sources.

See also: Veðrfölnir