Yggdrasil, Ashvattha and the Ceiba — Why Every Culture Drew the Same World Tree | Ancient Records

A Norse ash called Yggdrasil. An upside-down fig the Hindus named Ashvattha. A Maya ceiba rising through the layers of the world. A sycamore in Egypt, a sacred tree in Assyria, the Bodhi in India. Drawn by cultures separated by oceans and millennia — and yet the skeleton is always the same: roots in the underworld, a trunk in our world, branches in the heavens, an eagle at the top and a serpent at the root. The neat explanation is that humans simply look at big trees and dream. But the anatomy repeats too precisely for comfort. Is the World Tree an idea every mind invents on its own — or a memory we all carry? ⏱️ Chapters 0:00 The Same Skeleton 6:30 The Seven World Trees 16:00 The Common Anatomy 17:40 The Eagle and the Serpent 23:30 Axis Mundi — Why the Tree? 30:00 The Theory That Died 32:00 Not Invented, Remembered #Mythology #Yggdrasil #WorldTree #ComparativeMythology #AxisMundi #AncientHistory 📷 Stock footage via Pexels. Thanks to: Engin Akyurt (pexels.com/@enginakyurt), Eren Ataselim (pexels.com/@eren), CESAR A RAMIREZ VALLEJO TRAPHITHO (pexels.com/@traphitho), Matthias Groeneveld (pexels.com/@matthiasgroeneveld), Rui Veiga (pexels.com/@rui-veiga-986687), ROMAN ODINTSOV (pexels.com/@roman-odintsov), Besra Akar (pexels.com/@besra-akar-1272392811), Serg Alesenko (pexels.com/@sergk1), www.kaboompics.com (pexels.com/@karola-g), cottonbro studio (pexels.com/@cottonbro), Matias Luge (pexels.com/@matiasluge), Alex Moliski (pexels.com/@alexmoliski), Bashir Hussaini Ahmed (pexels.com/@bashirhahmed).