der Sagen. "Norns" (1832) Like the Three Muses in Botticellis Primavera from In the second stanza of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, the völva (a shamanic seeress) reciting the poem to the god Odin says that she remembers far back to "early times", being raised by jötnar (giants), recalls nine worlds and "nine wood-ogresses" (Old Norse nío ídiðiur), and when Yggdrasil was a seed ("glorious tree of good measure, under the ground").[6] In stanza 19, the völva says: An ash I know there stands, Yggdrasill is its name, a tall tree, showered with shining Light. From there come the dews that drop in the valleys. It stands forever green over Urðr's well. In stanza 20, the völva says that from the lake under the tree come three "maidensdeep in knowledge" named Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld. The maidens "incised the slip of wood," "laid down laws" and "chose lives" for the children of mankind and the destinies (ørlǫg) of men.[8] In stanza 27, the völva details that she is aware that "Heimdallr's hearing is couched beneath the bright-nurtured holy tree."[9] In stanza 45, Yggdrasil receives a final mention in the poem. The völva describes, as a part of the onset of Ragnarök, that Heimdallr blows Gjallarhorn, that Odin speaks with Mímir's head, and then: Yggdrasill shivers, the ash, as it stands. The old tree groans, and the giant slips free. Hávamál JACK THE GIANT KILLER, KING KONG EGO, RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW - THE GIANT FALLS FROM THE TOP OF THE BEANSTALK ANTAHKARANA. KING KONG