IwaR

First time translator and amateur student learning Old Norse, with a sprinkle of Modern Norwegian, so there may be errors.

The IwaR rune is heavily associated with the shamanistic traveling of Yggdrasil's nine worlds along with Ullr, a Proto-Scandinavian God of Hunting/Archery, Yew Trees, Winter and Single Combat. He was a son of the harvest goddess Sif and stepson to Thor. Ullr had a place of high prominence among the gods, and also sailed the seas using his shield in place of a boat. The song's first line notes his home called "Ydalir" or "Yew Dales"

Ullr's yew bow made from the trees of his territory, along with the theme of a shamanic traveling of the nine worlds, references the ancient practice/initiation of sleeping near a yew tree at night. At night the tree would then secrete a hallucinogenic substance that sent the nearby person into a shamanistic trance. This allowed the means of a spiritual journey between the nine worlds of the Yggdrasil Ash. Even the very structure of this song has a very ritualistic feel.