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Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil is like a really big tree that was very important to some people a long time ago. It's from a story that some Vikings used to tell.

In the story, Yggdrasil is the tree that holds up the whole world. It has really big roots that go down into the ground and really big branches that go up into the sky.

People thought that Yggdrasil had a lot of special things about it. Some people thought that there were gods and spirits living in the tree. Other people thought that there were different animals or creatures that lived in the roots or branches.

So, Yggdrasil was important to people because they thought it helped keep the world in balance, and it was also connected to a lot of different things. Nowadays, people still talk about Yggdrasil because it's a really cool story and it's part of history.
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