{"id":328,"date":"2009-04-11T20:13:25","date_gmt":"2009-04-12T00:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=328"},"modified":"2009-04-12T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T17:33:19","slug":"squirrel-facts-ratatoskr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2009\/04\/11\/squirrel-facts-ratatoskr\/","title":{"rendered":"Squirrel Facts (Ratatoskr)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Yggdrasil<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yggdrasil the world tree.\u00a0 W\u00e4gner, Wilhelm. 1882. Nordisch-germanische G\u00f6tter und Helden<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

In Norse mythology<\/a>, Ratatoskr<\/strong> (Old Norse<\/a>, generally considered “drill-tooth”<\/a><\/sup> or “bore-tooth”<\/a><\/sup>) is a squirrel<\/a> who runs up and down the world tree<\/a> Yggdrasil<\/a> to carry messages between the unnamed eagle<\/a>, perched atop Yggdrasil, and the wyrm<\/a> N\u00ed\u00f0h\u00f6ggr<\/a>, who dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree. Ratatoskr is attested in the Poetic Edda<\/a><\/em>, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda<\/a><\/em>, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson<\/a>. Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the squirrel.<\/span>The name Ratatoskr<\/em> contains two elements rata-<\/em> and -toskr<\/em>. The element toskr<\/em> is generally held to mean “tusk”. Gu\u00f0brandur Vigf\u00fasson<\/a> theorized that the rati-<\/em> element means “the traveller”. Vigf\u00fasson says that the name of the legendary drill Rati<\/a> may feature the same term. According to Vigf\u00fasson, Ratatoskr<\/em> means “tusk the traveller” or “the climber tusk.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I am looking for more information on this character.<\/p>\n

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Image of Rataoskr from the Edda Oblongata, Icelandic manuscript, 1680<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s a nice map of the Tree’s cosmology:<\/p>\n

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Map of tree from the blog, Le paganisme germanique et scandinave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yggdrasil the world tree.\u00a0 W\u00e4gner, Wilhelm. 1882. Nordisch-germanische G\u00f6tter und Helden In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr (Old Norse, generally considered “drill-tooth” or “bore-tooth”) is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the unnamed eagle, perched atop Yggdrasil, and the wyrm N\u00ed\u00f0h\u00f6ggr, who dwells beneath one of the three … <\/p>\n

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