[lit-ideas] Popper's Nine Worlds

From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:02:51 -0400 (EDT)
Well, they are three. But in Norse mythology they are nine.
 
And, coincidentally
 
3 X 3 = 9 (mathematically)
 
Cheers,
 
Speranza
 
 
 
The cosmology of Norse mythology has 'nine homeworlds', unified by the  
world tree Yggdrasill. Mapping the nine worlds escapes precision because the  
Poetic Edda often alludes vaguely, and the Prose Edda may be influenced by  
medieval Christian cosmology. The Norse creation myth tells how everything 
came  into existence in the gap between fire and ice, and how the gods shaped 
the  homeworld of humans.
 
 
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