Tree

This remarkable tree is in the Museum of Somerset in Taunton.  it is the Tree of Somerset, and it’s carved from oak fwhich was grown on the nearby  Quantock Hills;  it shows scenes and events from the history of  Somerset’s history, but it reminded me of Yggdrasil, the huge mythical tree which connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology. I know that was an ash tree, but it still reminded me!

Here is some lines from one of the Eddas

An ash I know there stands,
Yggdrasill is its name,
a tall tree, showered with shining loam.
From there come the dews
that drop in the valleys.
It stands forever green over
Urðr’s well.