The Real Myth Behind One Piece's Elbaf: Loki's Chains, the World Tree, and the Horns No Viking Wore

Why is Elbaf's prince chained to a tree? In One Piece's Elbaf arc the giants live on top of a world tree, sail home on a rainbow, keep a holy book that says the world has already broken twice, wear horned helmets, and hold the prince Loki in chains. Each one has a real counterpart: the Norse myths of Yggdrasil, Bifrost, Loki and the Poetic Edda, the real history of the Viking helmet, and the cartoon Eiichiro Oda says made him love pirates. ▶ Watch next: One Piece's Domi Reversi is Othello, and the Gorosei are real yokai:    • One Piece Domi Reversi Is Othello — and th...   ▶ New here? Start Here playlist:    • Start Here — My Lore Academia   Where Oda has spoken on the record (the 2012 VIZ interview, the SBS pages of volume 112) we quote him. Everything else is the real source standing next to the show, with the book, the date and the picture. Spoilers: the anime up to episode 1180. Nothing from the manga. #OnePiece #Elbaf #NorseMythology CHAPTERS 0:00 Why is Elbaf's prince chained to a tree? (anime up to episode 1180) 0:47 Case 1: The tree — the giants live on top of a world tree the myth put them under 3:13 Case 2: The book — the real Norse poem that breaks the world and grows it back 6:03 Case 3: The horns — no Viking helmet ever found has them 8:16 The last case: The chains — two Lokis, both chained for a death in the royal family 12:04 Bonus: Who put Vikings in One Piece? (Vicke the Little Viking) 13:39 All cases closed + what's next WATCH MORE One Piece — Domi Reversi is Othello, and the Gorosei are real yokai:    • One Piece Domi Reversi Is Othello — and th...   Jujutsu Kaisen — The real Ryomen Sukuna:    • The Real Ryomen Sukuna — JJK's Cursed King...   Jujutsu Kaisen — Is Gojo's hand sign backwards?:    • Gojo's Hand Sign Is Backwards: JJK Domain ...   Bleach — The real Japan behind it:    • Bleach's Bankai Is a Real Buddhist Hell — ...   About this video: One Piece Elbaf explained, Elbaf and Norse mythology, Loki chained in One Piece and in the Edda, the World Tree Yggdrasil, the rainbow bridge Bifrost, the Voluspa and the Harley holy book, why Vikings never wore horned helmets, the Gjermundbu helmet, the Veksø helmets, Wagner's Ring at Bayreuth, Vicke the Little Viking and Oda, One Piece lore and anime lore. ONE PIECE © Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha, Fuji TV, Toei Animation. Official promotional footage and quoted episode summaries used for commentary and education. Image credits (Wikimedia Commons): • Oluf Olufsen Bagge - Yggdrasil, The Mundane Tree 1847 - full page.jpg — Oluf Olufsen Bagge (1847) · Public domain • The Ash Yggdrasil by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine.jpg — Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (1886) · Public domain • Heimdall an der Himmelsbrücke by E. Doepler.jpg — Emil Doepler (c. 1905) · Public domain • Nicolai Abildgaard, Ymer dier koen Ødhumbla, KMS3397, Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg — Nicolai Abildgaard (1777) · Public domain • Skrýmir by Heine.jpg — Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (1882) · Public domain • Codex Regius of Eddaic Poems.jpg — Codex Regius, Iceland (13th c.) · Public domain • Johann Heinrich Fussli-Tor and Jormundgandr.jpg — Henry Fuseli (1790) · Public domain • Rune stone, Ledberg, Östergötland, Sweden (30081882821).jpg — Swedish National Heritage Board · Public domain • Processed SAM loki.jpg — Jakob Sigurðsson, SÁM 66 (1765–66) · Public domain • SÁM 66, 75v, death of Baldr.jpg — Jakob Sigurðsson, SÁM 66 (1765–66) · Public domain • Gosforth Cross - the Loki panel.jpg — Dougsim · CC BY-SA 4.0 • Gosforth Cross Loki and Sigyn.jpg — drawing of the Gosforth Cross (published reproduction) · Public domain • Hjelm av jern fra vikingtid fra Gjermundbu.jpg — NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet · CC BY 2.0 • Veksø-hjelmene DO-2242 original.jpg — Lennart Larsen / National Museum of Denmark · CC BY-SA 3.0 • Loki and Sigyn (Winge) — Mårten Eskil Winge (1863) · photo Haukurth · Public domain • Itsumade (Sekien) — Toriyama Sekien (1776) · Public domain • Quoted: ONE-PIECE.COM episode summaries (Toei Animation), EP 1160, 1166, 1167, 1171; VIZ Media interview with Eiichiro Oda (2 April 2012); ONE PIECE vol. 112 (Shueisha). Edda quotations: Bellows 1923 and Anderson 1880 translations (public domain). All other cards drawn for this video.