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Niflheim. In Norse cosmology, Niflheim or Niflheimr (Old Norse: [ˈnivlˌhɛimz̠]; "World of Mist", [1] literally "Home of Mist") is a location which sometimes overlaps with the notions of Niflhel and Hel. The name Niflheimr appears only in two extant sources: Gylfaginning and the much-debated Hrafnagaldr Óðins. Niflheim was primarily a ...
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Icelandic: Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century. The work is often considered to have been to some extent written, or at least compiled, by the Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker, and historian Snorri ...
Glaðsheimr. In Norse mythology, Glaðsheimr (Old Norse "bright home" [1]) 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 thirteen high seats [2] where the male Æsir hold council, located in Iðavöllr in Asgard, near the hall ...
In the book Gylfaginning, Hel is introduced in chapter 3 as a location where "evil men" go upon death, and into Niflhel. The chapter further details that Hel is in the ninth of the Nine Worlds. [9] In chapter 34, Hel, the being is introduced. Snorri writes that Hel was cast down into Hel by Odin who "made her ruler over Nine Worlds".
Fólkvangr. In Norse mythology, Fólkvangr (Old Norse "field of the host" [1] or "people-field" or "army-field" [2]) is a meadow or field ruled over by the goddess Freyja where half of those that die in combat go upon death, whilst the other half go to the god Odin in Valhalla. Others were also brought to Fólkvangr after their death; Egils ...
Bifröst. The god Heimdallr stands before the rainbow bridge while blowing his horn (1905) by Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, Bifröst (/ ˈbɪvrɒst / ⓘ [1]), also called Bilröst, is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard (Earth) and Asgard, the realm of the gods. The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda ...
In the Prose Edda, the Dökkálfar and the Ljósálfar are described in chapter 17 of the book Gylfaginning. In the chapter, Gangleri (the king Gylfi in disguise) asks the enthroned figure of High what other "chief centres" there are in the heavens outside of the spring Urðarbrunnr. Gangleri responds that there are many fine places in heaven ...
High, Just-As-High, and Third converse with Gangleri.Art from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript. Hár, Jafnhár [ˈjɑvnˌhɑːrː], and Þriði (anglicized as Thridi) [a] are three men on thrones who appear in the Prose Edda in the Gylfaginning ("The Beguiling of Gylfi"), one of the oldest and most important sources on Norse mythology.