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Chapter 3. Midgard 86
to walk through life with respect and honor towards all life on Midgard, friend or
foe, and that action and interaction are the keys to accessing the Waters of Life.
For the early Germanic peoples, Midgard was the place where all changes are
made. ¸orlög is the state of the Waters and in itself is static. Changes in one’s access
to power/ luck are made through deeds either for the good or bad. According to
the ancient cosmology as it exists today, the Waters rise up from their source, pass
through Midgard and, consequently, through the acts of Midgard which modify it,
then into the realms of the Gods where it is redispersed back through Midgard in
its changed form (through the Well of Urð), and back down to the source where the
cycle is started over. All beings within the realm of the World Tree are involved in
the movement of these Waters, but Midgard, the realm of action, is the only place
where they are modified, reshaped, and changed.
Both tribes of the Germanic pantheon knew this, and for this reason there originally
was a “war” over Midgard which was resolved by resolving to work jointly. The
end result of this resolution was that no one group of beings, or Gods, would have
complete dominion over Midgard. Through joint effort ¸orlög is continually modified
and in this way the End of the World Tree, or Ragnarök as it is called in the eddaic
poetry, is held off. In a sense, all beings are striving for the continued existence of the
Tree, Yggdrasil. The image of the Tree constantly renewing itself was discussed in
Chapter 1; the Tree is constantly being destroyed by forces hostile to it. The serpent
Niðhögg and her brood is gnawing at the roots and the heavenly harts nibble at the
tender new growth, but the Tree is ever repairing itself by allowing the Waters of Life
to trickle back down through the lands in its protection into Hvergelmir, the source.
The role that Midgard plays in this scheme of things is to continually to modify
the shape of these Waters (¸orlög) so that when they are poured upon the Tree by
the Keepers of the Well of Urð, they heal the wounds which are inflicted over the
course of time. The joint effort of the two tribes of Gods is to guide the inhabitants
of Middle-Earth toward changing ¸orlög in such a way to stave off the end rather
than move towards it, and it is Their foresight and guidance, Their understanding
of the larger system through the personages of Mímir, Óðínn, Kvásir, and Njörd,
that guide the dwellers of Midgard.
The early Germanic peoples understood their roles as well. The constant striving
to interact with power/ luck was understood not to only improve the lot of the
individual or the family, but the community and ultimately the Tree itself. Their
guidelines for this interaction has been left to modern man through the words of
the Hávamál. Modern research methods have revealed that the “Sayings of the High
One” was not written by a single person but was composed by several, and according
to at least one researcher, possibly even one of the ”godless men.” Many interpreters