Game
Ratatoskr and the tree
Game: run up the trunk of Yggdrasil as the squirrel Ratatoskr and carry messages from the eagle to the dragon.
Tap the game to open it fullscreen. On a computer, Esc exits; on a phone, use the ✕ button.
How to play
Ratatoskr runs along three lanes of the trunk. Tap the left or right half of the screen, or use the arrow keys, to change lanes. Collect 8 messages and dodge the rotten branches. You have 3 lives.
The story behind it
In the Eddic sources, the squirrel Ratatoskr runs up and down the tree Yggdrasil carrying words between the eagle at the top and the dragon Nidhogg at the roots. The levels of the game are made up. Read the story in Yggdrasil, the world tree: what the sources say and what only modern interpreters added.