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In Norse mythology, the world tree Yggdrasil is commonly thought to be an ash tree.
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Is it true that in Norse mythology, the world tree Yggdrasil is commonly thought to be an ash tree?
Yes. Primary sources and traditional accounts in Norse mythology consistently describe the world tree Yggdrasil as an ash tree.
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Wikipedia: Yggdrasil. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil
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Mentions that in Norse mythology, the squirrel runs up and down the ash tree Yggdrasil.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: Ratatosk: hybrid error correction of long reads enables accurate variant calling and assembly. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13059-020-02244-4
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