I-Yggdrasil, Isihlahla Somhlaba noma "Isihlahla Sokuphila"

Enkabeni ye-Asgard, lapho kuhlala khona onkulunkulu nonkulunkulukazi I-Iggdrasil . Iggdrasil - umuthi wokuphila , umlotha oluhlaza phakade; amagatsha anwebeka phezu kwemihlaba eyisishiyagalolunye yezinganekwane zaseScandinavia futhi andise phezulu naphezu kwesibhakabhaka. I-Yggdrasil inezimpande ezintathu ezinkulu: impande yokuqala ye-Yggdrasil ise-Asgard, indlu yonkulunkulu itholakala eduze ne-Urd eqanjwe ngokufanelekile, lapha onkulunkulu nonkulunkulukazi babamba imihlangano yabo yansuku zonke.

Impande yesibili ye-Yggdrasil yehlela eJotunheim, izwe lama-giants, eduze kwalempande ingumthombo weMimir. Umsuka wesithathu we-Yggdrasil wehlela e-Niflheim, eduze nomthombo we-Hvergelmir. Lapha udrako u-Nidug ushwabadela enye yezimpande ze-Yggdrasil. UNidug udume nangokumunca igazi ezidumbu ezifika eHel. Phezulu kwe-Yggdrasil kuhlala ukhozi, ukhozi kanye nodrako u-Nidug - izitha ezimbi kakhulu, bayedelela ngempela. Kukhona ingwejeje okuthiwa i-Ratatatoskr egijima izungeza isihlahla somlotha cishe usuku lonke.

I-Ratatatoskr yenza konke okusemandleni ukugcina inzondo phakathi kokhozi nodrako iphila. Ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho u-Nidhug ethuka noma ethuka ukhozi, u-Ratatatoskr ugijimela phezulu esihlahleni futhi atshele ukhozi lokho u-Nidhug asanda kukusho. Ukhozi nalo lukhuluma kabi ngoNidhuga. U-Ratatatoskr uthanda ukuhleba, ngakho-ke ukhozi nodrako bahlala beyizitha ezihlala njalo.