Yggdrasill the World Tree

A look at the famous world tree of Norse cosmology, set amid the ancient bristlecone pines of Colorado’s high Rockies. Dr. Jackson Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder (formerly UC Berkeley and UCLA). He is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, and Norwegian. FAQs: Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Poetic Edda is available now: and his translation of The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok is forthcoming in August 2017: Jackson Crawford’s Patreon page: