1. iggdrasil the Tree of Existence, as conceived of by the Norse, and reflecting the Norseidea of the universe, "has its rootsdeepdown in the kingdoms of Hela, or Death; its trunk reaches up heaven-high, and spreads its boughs over the wholeuniverse. At the foot of it, in the Death-Kingdom, sit the Three Nornas (q. v.) watering its roots from the sacred Well."