Naming my treant eidolon and summoner

[Chance Wade]

I'm making a summoner for an upcoming campaign and need some help with the name. I'm making a half-elf and am modeling my eidolon around a treant sort of creature. I'm thinking of naming my eidolon "Yggdrasil" after the tree in Norse mythology and I was wondering if anybody knew of a god that tends to Yggdrasil. Or if you have other good name combinations I would like to see them as well. Any help is appreciated.

[insaneogeddon]

Chance Wade wrote:

I'm making a summoner for an upcoming campaign and need some help with the name. I'm making a half-elf and am modeling my eidolon around a treant sort of creature. I'm thinking of naming my eidolon "Yggdrasil" after the tree in Norse mythology and I was wondering if anybody knew of a god that tends to Yggdrasil. Or if you have other good name combinations I would like to see them as well. Any help is appreciated.

Nidhogg the dragon chews on its roots to destroy creation (thor is meant to fight it and save yggdrasil but die in the process come ragnarok).

Hræsvelgr the giant that takes the form of an eagle lives on top of the tree and has a per hawk Vedrfolnir.

Ratatoskr the squirrel caries messages between them

Norns (3 old women) tend its roots

Their the only inhabitants. thats a pretty big name call for a eidolon might be disrespectful and bode poorly if it ever gets killed/banished.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/

Trees tend to be related to the feminine.

Pi-fang a Chinese tree deity.
Hōkō, a dog-like tree spirit from China.
The Dryads and Hamadryads of Greek mythology.
Meliae, the nymphs of the ash tree in Greek mythology.
Kurozome, the spirit of the Japanese Cherry Tree.
Hathor, also called Lady of the Sycamore in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
Nang Takian, related to the large Hopea odorata tree in Thai folklore.
Rakapila, a sacred tree deity of Madagascar.

[Ambrus]

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I'm also toying with the idea of making a treant-like eidolon and would love to hear more about your concept and proposed build for it.

As for your original question, in addition to those mentioned by insaneogeddon, Yggdrasil has additional mythic residents. Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór are four harts (male red deer) who live amongst the branches and nibble upon the tree's budding leaves. It's generally believed that they represent the four winds.

The three Norns represent fate and the passage of time. They cluster around the magic 'well of fate' nestled amongst the tree's roots. Their names are Verthandi (present), Skuld (future) and Urd (fate). Since they're semi-divine, they might be thought of as gods "that tends to Yggdrasil".

In addition however, Odin All Father also once spent some time in Yggdrasil when he climbed onto a branch to hang himself; sacrificing his early life in exchange for the wisdom he sought from the Norns' magic well. Thankfully the wisdom he gained was sufficient for him to return to life afterwards.

If you want to shift from Norse to Anglo Saxon myth for the sake of anglicizing names; the equivalent of Yggdrasil seems to "Irminsul", Odin is "Woden" or "Wotan" and Urd is "Wyrd".