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In Norse mythology, Bifröst or Bilröst is a burning rainbow bridge between Midgard, the world, and Asgard, the realm of the gods. The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources,...
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| x Álfheimr |
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Alfheim (Old Norse: Ālfheimr, "elf home") is an ancient name for an area corresponding to the modern Swedish province of Bohuslän and the eastern half of the Norwegian province of Østfold.
The Ynglinga saga, when relating the events of the reign of...
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| x Andlang |
In Norse mythology, Andlang (also Andlàngr or Öndlangr) is described as the second heavenly realm which stretches between the first, containing the halls of the gods, and the third, named Vídbláin. It will serve as a shelter and dwelling place for...
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| x Asgard |
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In Norse mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr; meaning "Enclosure of the Æsir") is the country or capital city of the Norse Gods surrounded by an incomplete wall attributed to a Hrimthurs riding the stallion Svadilfari, according to Gylfaginning....
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| x Barri |
In Norse mythology, Barri is the place where Freyr and Gerðr are to consummate their union, as stated in the Skírnismál:
In Snorri Sturluson's account of the myth (found in Gylfaginning, 37), the place is called Barrey or Barey:
The meaning of the...
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| x Bilskirnir |
Bilskirnir (Old Norse "lightning-crack") is the hall of the god Thor in Norse mythology. Here he lives with his wife Sif and their children. According to Grímnismál, the hall is the greatest of buildings and contains 540 rooms, located in Asgard, as...
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| x Brávellir |
Brávellir (Old Norse) or Bråvalla (modern Swedish) (58°35′N 16°25′E / 58.583, 16.417) was the name of the central plain of Östergötland (East Götaland), in Norse mythology.
It appears in several traditions, such as those of the Battle of Bråvalla ...
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| x Breidablik |
In Norse mythology, Breiðablik (Broad-gleaming) is the home of Baldr. It is briefly described in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning as one of the places in heaven:
Later in the work, when Snorri describes Baldr, he gives a longer description, citing...
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| x Brimir |
In Norse mythology, Brimir is another name for the giant Ymir and also the name of a hall for the souls of the virtuous following the endtime conflict of Ragnarok.
In the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda Brimir refers to a hall in the heavens...
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| x Élivágar |
In Norse mythology, Élivágar (Ice Waves) are rivers which existed in Ginnungagap at the beginning of the world. The Prose Edda relates:
The eleven rivers traditionally associated with the Élivágar include the Svöl, Gunnthrá, Fjörm, Fimbulthul, Slíd,...
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| x Eliudnir | Norse mythology | Niflheim |
In Norse mythology, Éljúðnir (sometimes Anglicized to Eljudnir) is Hel's hall located in Niflheim as described in chapter 34 of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda in the book Gylfaginning. The name Éljúðnir is Old Norse and means "sprayed with snowstorms...
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| x Fensalir |
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In Norse mythology, Fensalir (Old Norse "Fen Halls" or "Bog-Halls") is a location where the goddess Frigg dwells. Fensalir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in...
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| x Fólkvangr |
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In Norse mythology, Fólkvangr ("field of the host" or "people-field or army-field") is a location ruled over by the goddess Freyja where half of those that die in combat go upon death, while the other half go to the god Odin in Valhalla. Fólkvangr...
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| x Fornsigtuna |
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Fornsigtuna (forn means ancient), Old Sigtun, Sithun, Sign(h)ildsberg or Signesberg (59°37′N 17°39′E / 59.617°N 17.65°E / 59.617; 17.65) is located in the parish of Håtuna ca 4 km west of the modern town of Sigtuna, by lake Mälaren, in Sweden....
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| x Fyrisvellir |
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Fyrisvellir, Fyris Wolds or Fyrisvallarna was the marshy plain (vellir) south of Gamla Uppsala where travellers had to leave the ships and walk to the Temple at Uppsala and the hall of the Swedish king.
The name is related to, or derived from, Old...
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| x Gálgviðr |
In Norse mythology, Gálgviðr (Old Norse "gallows-wood") is a forest in Jotunheim, land of the jötnar, from which the rooster Fjalar is foretold to begin crowing during the onset of Ragnarok.
According to stanza 42 of the poem Völuspá from the Poetic...
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| x Gandvik |
In Norse mythology, Gandvik is a dangerous sea, known as 'Bay of Serpents' because of its tortuous shape. Saxo Grammaticus stated that Gandvik was an old name for the Baltic Sea (a name misspelt Grandvik in some translations). The legend presumably...
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| x Gastropnir |
In Norse mythology, Gastropnir was one of the abodes of the jötnar who waged war constantly against the Aesir, the Norse gods.
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| x Ginnungagap |
In Norse mythology, Ginnungagap ("magical (and creative) power-filled space") was the vast, primordial void that existed prior to the creation of the manifest universe. In the northern part of Ginnungagap lay the intense cold of Niflheim, to the...
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| x Gjallarbrú |
In Norse mythology, Gjallarbrú is a bridge spanning the river Gjöll in the underworld, which must be crossed in order to reach Hel, according to Gylfaginning. It is described as a covered bridge, "thatched with glittering gold", and figures most...
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| x Gjöll |
In Norse mythology, Gjöll (Old Norse meaning "resounding") is one of the eleven rivers traditionally associated with the Élivágar, according to Gylfaginning, originating from the wellspring Hvergelmir in Niflheim, flowing through Ginnungagap, and...
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| x Glaðsheimr |
In Norse mythology, Glaðsheimr (Old Norse "bright home") is a realm in Asgard where Odin's hall of Valhalla is located according to Grímnismál.
Snorri states in Gylfaginning that Glaðsheimr is a meeting hall, containing twelve high seats where the...
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| x Glæsisvellir |
Glæsisvellir (glittering plains) was a location in Jotunheim in Norse mythology. It is mentioned in sources, such as Bósa saga ok Herrauds and Hervarar saga.
In the Glæsisvellir could be found a location called Odainsaker, or Údáinsakr "Deathless...
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| x Glitnir |
Glitnir (glit, nitor, splendor, OHG. kliz, E. shining) is the hall of Forseti, the Norse god of law and justice, and the seat of justice amongst gods and men. It is also noted to have been a place of dwelling for Balder, Forseti's father in Norse...
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| x Gnipahellir |
In Norse mythology, Gnipahellir (mountaintop cave) is an overhanging cave where Garmr, the hound, is chained until the onset of Ragnarök.
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| x Grove of fetters |
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A Grove of fetters (Old Norse: Fjöturlundr) is mentioned in the Eddic poem Helgakviða Hundingsbana II:
The description is often compared with a section by Tacitus on a sacred grove of the Semnones:
Due to the resemblance between the two texts some...
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| x Hel |
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In Norse mythology, Hel, the location, shares a name with Hel, a female figure associated with the location. In late Icelandic sources, varying descriptions of Hel are given and various figures are described as being buried with items that will...
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| x Hindarfjall |
Hindarfjall or Hindafjall ("Hind mountain") is the mountain where Brynhildr lives in the Völsung cycle.
In Snorri Sturluson's account of the Völsung cycle (Skáldskaparmál), Sigurðr first meets Brynhildr, whom he finds asleep, in a building on a...
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| x Hlidskjalf |
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In Norse mythology, Hliðskjálf (sometimes Anglicized Hlidskjalf; from hlid "side, gate" or hlifd "protection", and skjalf "shelf, bench, plane") is the high seat of Odin enabling him to see into all worlds.
In Grímnismál, Odin and Frigg are both...
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| x Hnitbjorg |
In Norse mythology, Hnitbjorg is the mountain abode of the giant Suttung where he placed the mead of poetry for safekeeping under the guardianship of his daughter Gunnlod. Odin, with the help of Suttung's brother Baugi, drilled a hole into the...
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| x Hoddmímis holt |
In Norse mythology, Hoddmímis holt (Old Norse "Hoard-Mímir's" holt) is a location where Líf and Lífþrasir are foretold to survive the long winters of Fimbulvetr. Hoddmímis holt is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from...
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| x Hoy |
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Hoy (from Old Norse Háey meaning high island) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. With an area of 55 square miles (142 km), it is the second largest of the Orkney Islands after the Mainland. It is connected by a southern causeway called The...
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| x Hvergelmir |
Hvergelmir (Old Norse "bubbling boiling spring") is the wellspring of cold in Niflheim in Norse mythology. All cold rivers are said to come from here, and it was said to be the source of the eleven rivers, Élivágar. Above the spring, the serpent...
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| x Ithavoll |
Iðavöllr (Old Norse possibly "splendour-plain") is a location referenced twice in Völuspá, the first poem in the Poetic Edda, as a meeting place of the gods.
In a stanza early into the poem Völuspá, the völva reciting the poem describes that, early...
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| x Ífingr |
In Norse mythology, Ifing (Old Norse, Ífingr) is the name of a river that separates Asgard, the realm of the gods, from Jotunheim, the land of giants, according to stanza 16 of the poem Vafthrudnismal from the Poetic Edda:
John Lindow in Norse...
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| x Járnviðr |
In Norse mythology, Járnviðr (Old Norse "Iron-wood") is a forest inhabited by troll women who bore giantesses and giant wolves. Járnviðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose...
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| x Jötunheimr |
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Jötunheimr (often anglicized Jotunheim) is the world (heim 'home, homeland') of the Giants (two types: rock (or hill giants) and frost (or rime giants)) in Norse Mythology. From there they menace the humans in Midgard and the gods in Asgard (from...
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| x Körmt and Örmt |
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In Norse mythology, Körmt and Örmt are two rivers which Thor wades over every day when he goes to judgment by Yggdrasill. The source for this is a strophe in Grímnismál which is also quoted in the Prose Edda.
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| x Læraðr |
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Læraðr is a tree in Norse mythology, often identified with Yggdrasill. It stands at the top of the Valhöll. Two animals, the goat Heiðrún and the hart Eikþyrnir, graze its foliage.
The meaning of Læraðr / Léraðr is unclear. One of the meanings of læ...
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| x Midgard |
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Midgard (an Anglicised form of Old Norse Miðgarðr), is an old Germanic name for our world, the places inhabited by humans, with the literal meaning "middle enclosure".
This name is attested in many ancient Germanic languages. It occurs in Old Norse...
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| x Mímameiðr |
Mímameiðr (Old Norse "Mimi's tree") is a tree in Norse mythology, attested only in stanza 20 and 24 of the Poetic Edda poem Fjölsvinnsmál. It is thought to be another name for the world tree Yggdrasil, and connections have also been proposed between...
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| x Mímisbrunnr |
In Norse mythology, the magical well that had the fountain of Mimir in it. Odin drank from this well to gain wisdom, but had to sacrifice one of his eyes to get permission to drink.
Mimisbrunnr
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| x Munarvágr |
Munarvágr was a location on the southern shore of Samsø, which is mentioned in the legendary sagas Hervarar saga and Ragnar Lodbrok's saga.
In the Hervarar saga, it is where Hjalmar and Orvar-Odd fought Angantyr and his brothers, the sons of Arngrim...
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| x Muspelheim |
In Norse mythology, Muspellheim ("Muspel land"), also called Múspell, is a realm of fire. It is home to the fire demons or the Sons of Muspell, and Surtr, their ruler. It is fire; and the land to the North, Niflheim, is ice. The two mixed and...
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| x Myrkviðr |
Myrkviðr (Old Norse "mirky wood, dark wood") is the name of several forests in Norse mythology and literature. The name is attested as a mythical local name of a forest in the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna, and the heroic poems Atlakviða, Helgakviða...
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| x Náströnd |
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In Norse mythology, Náströnd (Corpse Shore) is a place in Hel where Níðhöggr lives and sucks corpses.
The Völuspá says:
Snorri Sturluson quotes this part of Völuspá in the Gylfaginning section of his Prose Edda. He uses the plural of the word:...
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| x Nidafjöll |
Niðafjöll (pronounced [ˈnɪðafjœlː], sometimes anglicized Nidafjöll), which means dark mountains, are mountains in the northern underworld from which the dragon Níðhöggr comes, mentioned in Völuspá 37 and 66, under the name of Niðvellir. There stood...
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| x Niðavellir |
In Norse mythology, Nidavellir (Dark fields) is one of the Nine Worlds and home to the Dwarves.
It is mentioned in the Völuspá:
Stóð fyr norðan, / á Niðavöllom / salr úr gulli / Sindra ættar
("North, on the Niðavellir, stands the dwelling place of...
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| x Niflheim | Norse mythology | Eliudnir |
Niflheimr or Niflheim ("Mist Home", the "Abode of Mist" or "Mist World"); Nifl being cognate with the Old English Nifol ("dark") and Nebel, a German and Latin root meaning fog) is a location in Norse mythology which overlaps with the notions of...
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| x Niflhel |
Niflhel ("Misty Hel"; Nifel being cognate with Nebel, a German and Latin root meaning cloud) is the name of a location in Norse mythology which appears in the eddic poems Vafþrúðnismál and Baldrs draumar, and also in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning....
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| x Nóatún |
In Norse mythology, Nóatún (Old Norse "ship-enclosure") is the sea-side abode of the god Njörðr.
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| x Okolnir |
In Norse mythology, Okolnir ("Never Cold") is the name of a plain on which is located the hall of Brimir and mentioned only in stanza 37 of the poem Völuspá from the Poetic Edda. The location of this plain is not stated in the poem.
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| x Óskópnir |
In Norse mythology, Óskópnir is another name for Vigrid, the great island battlefield where the final conflict of Ragnarök will be waged. The source for this term is found in Fáfnismál, stanzas 14 and 15, during the dialogue between Sigurd and...
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| x Sessrúmnir |
In Norse mythology, Sessrúmnir (Old Norse "seat-room" or "seat-roomer") is both the goddess Freyja's hall located in Fólkvangr, (a field where Freyja receives half of those who die in battle,) and also the name of a ship. Both the hall and the ship...
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| x Sindri |
In Norse mythology, Sindri (from the Old Norse sindr: "spark") is the name of both a character (probably a dwarf) and a hall that will serve as a dwelling place for the souls of the virtuous after Ragnarök.
Völuspá (37) mentions "a hall of gold, of...
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| x Singasteinn |
In Norse Mythology, Singasteinn was a small skerry from which Loki tried to steal the necklace Brisingamen while in the guise of a seal. Loki's nemesis Heimdall, also in the guise of a seal, fought Loki off and returned the treasure to Freya.
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| x Slidr River |
In Norse mythology, Slidr is a river in Hel, the land of the dead. Glaciers pour into it from the freezing well of Hvergelmir, and swords turn beneath its waters.
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In Norse mythology, Sága (Old Norse: [saːɣa], possibly meaning "seeress") is a goddess associated with the location Sökkvabekkr (pronounced [sɔkːwabekːr] in Old Norse; "sunken bank", "sunken bench", or "treasure bank"). At Sökkvabekkr, Sága and the...
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| x Svartálfaheimr |
In Norse mythology, Svartalfheim is the underground domain and home of the Dark Elves, according to Snorri Sturluson. Note that this could be the same place as the underground realm Niðavellir in other manuscripts.
According to the early Nordic...
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| x Thrúdheim |
In Norse mythology, Þrúðheimr (anglicized Thrúdheim or Thrudheim), which means "World of strength" in Old Norse, is the home of Thor according to the Eddic poem Grímnismál (4). But in Snorri Sturluson's Edda (Gylfaginning, 21, 47; Skáldskaparmál, 17...
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