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Commento di Reignac

Nordrassil the actual world tree is fine, but most of the Well of Eternity has been destroyed and only a little puddle remains.

Commento di Garmheim

The world tree of Norse Mythology is Yggdrassil. The name means Odin's Horse, Ygg being an epithet of Odin in Old Norse and drassil meaning horse in that language. The name comes from the incident in which Odin hangs upside down for 9 days and 9 nights (some sources say 7 of each while late, Christianized sources occasionally refer to 3 days and nights) from the world tree to learn the runes (i.e. written language that may be passed down without the medium of a living storyteller). This incident is a key moment in Odin's elevation from an elder god to All Father.

In World of Warcraft we encounter a number of world trees. Nordrassil is the tree planted on Mt. Hyjal to replace the original world tree. In game we are told that Nordrassil combines drassil with the Darnassian word, Nor, for sky or heavens and, therefore, means "Crown of Heaven". Since Darnassian exists only in game the definition is fine though were one to be picky about derivations it probably means North Horse or Sky Horse.

In the Legion expansion we have Shala'drassil, the corrupted world tree at the heart of Val'sharah. In this case the drassil component appears to have been grafted onto the Darnassian word for Night, Shal, in the sense of something dark, foreboding and evil. The translation, Night or Darkness of Heaven, is a little harder to comprehend. On wonders if The Broken Isles might be conceived of geographically in Azeroth as the antipodes of Mt. Hyjal. If Shala'drassil is on the exact opposite side of the world from Nordrassil that would make some sense and explain why The Burning Legion is so intent on conquering The Broken Isles. In magical thinking destroying the opposite likeness of an object or person weakens or destroys the other as well. The best example of such things are twins who, when one is wounded, the other bleeds.

Here endeth the lesson in myth and folklore.

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