High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In Norse mythology, Barnstokkr (Old Norse, literally "child-trunk") is a tree that stands in the center of King V lsung's hall. Barnstokkr is attested in chapters 2 and 3 of the V lsunga saga, written in the 13th century from earlier tradition, partially based on events from the 5th century and the 6th century, where, during a banquet, a one-eyed stranger appears and thrusts a sword into the tree which only...