In Tiveden, this number of types of wood were supposedly used to make the fire in the pagan rituals that local folklore claimed were held at Trollkyrka into the nineteenth century. A namesake Old English charm describes a medicinal preparation of this number of herbs. This number of locks secure the chest containing Lævateinn. A group of this number of women whose names have meanings such as “bloody-hair” and“transparent-on-top” personify the waves and are the daughters of (*) Ægir and Rán. Thor is prophesied to die after taking this number of paces after being poisoned by Jörmungandr. Odin hangs himself for this number of nights from Yggdrasil to learn the runes. Heimdallr is born from this number of mothers. The branches of Yggdrasil contain a collection of this number of places that includes Jötunheimr, Miðgarðr, and Ásgarðr. For 10 points, Norse mythology has what number of worlds? ■END■
ANSWER: nine
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