Re: help jgs...

In article <199...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) wrote:
> >>A serpent with a magic stone in his head can be found at the roots
> >>of a certain tree.  What kind of tree?
> >Um. I don't know if German and Norse mythology are similar animals, but I
> >got this from
> >http://members.aol.com/mmqchome2/mythnotes.htm (a really big page)
> >
> >Basically, it says that wrapped around the roots of Yggdrasil is Nidhug, a
> >serpent who gnaws at the roots;  when he has gnawed them all, the tree
> >topples, and everything will be destroyed.  Yggdrasil is an ash tree.
>
> eek-- I should've stated my choices are:  birch, holly, hazel, or
> walnut...
> Alas, ash will not work.  ;(
> I appreciate the help...
> ..still looking...
> joan stark  spu...@juno.com
> ASCII ART GALLERY: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/

While looking for the answer to your question (alas, Joan, I think I
haven't found it) and waiting for things to load to see if they were the
answer, I drew this tree:

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Then I added a bird:

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ejm97         `

Then I added a bird and a snake:

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Just in case you have trouble finding them, here they are without the
tree:                      
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As to the search, I only found reference to a serpent at the roots of a
world tree (that had a bird at the top of it).

and this reference that unfortunately gives none of your choices:

(http://www.logon.org/English/039paper.html)
Thus the oak was sacred to the Celts, the ash to the Scandinavians, the
lime-tree to the Germans, the fig-tree to India.

If you find the answer, do tell us.


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