Step 8 of 12 · Ragnarök and What Comes After
Hoddmímis Holt
Why this step
Vafþrúðnismál says Líf and Lífþrasir will be hidden in Hoddmímir’s holt, that morning dew will be their food, and that from them men shall be born. Gylfaginning keeps them there through the fire of Surtr, with their descendants spreading over the whole earth. The entry notes that most scholars take the wood as another name for the world tree, and that the sources never say what becomes of Yggdrasil at Ragnarök.
From the Lorebook
The wood where two people hide through Ragnarök and from whom humankind begins again.
Questions to sit with
- If you could carry only a little into a hiding place like Hoddmímir’s wood, what would you take with you?