![]() Surt, the fire giant lives to hate the Aesir tribe of gods and will use a sword, lit from the flames of Muspelheim to attack Asgard and burn the world at the time of Ragnarok. Therefore, both fire and ice gave rise to all living things in the Nine Realms. Without heat, the vast frost giant would have remained ever frozen in the ice and there would be no consciousness in our world. The flames of Muspelheim melted Niflheim ice and lead to the birth of Ymir, the first being of creation. This inhospitable domain is the home of fire giants and of fire demons and is ruled over by the infamous fire giant Surt, who will one day set fire to the world tree. Muspelheim, ‘home of Muspel’, ‘ lies to the south of Ginnungagap and is a place of unbearable heat and fire, filled with lava, soot, and tongues of flame. She rules from her underworld, Helheim, as Queen of the Dead. Thus, without this lifeless place of darkness and cold, there would be no life in our world.Īt one time Odin, Allfather, cast Loki’s daughter Hel into Niflheim, giving her dominion over most of the dead save those who have died an honorable death in battle as well as the ones ending up in some of the other realms one could go to in death. One great root of Yggdrasil the world tree stretches to Nifelheim and draws sustenance from Hvergelmer. Only the dragon Nidhogg and his accompanying nest of reptiles can abide the frozen environment in their eternal guardianship of the spring and the gates of Helheim. Nifelheim is so frozen and inhospitable that not even the frost giants live here. The droplets from the ice brought into being all that lives in the nine realms. This vast stretch of ice came ever closer to fiery Muspelheim until eventually, the ice began to melt. Throughout the eons the rivers of Niflheim poured into the abyss, slowly filling Ginnungagap, and forming an endless plain of ice. Elivagar and gjol flow out into the abyss The spring itself is the source of all life, and so it is the place to which all life will ultimately return at the end of ages. The mouth of Helheim is said to be nearby as the dragon also acts as sentry here, preventing the dead from leaving their home to enter the worlds of the living. Nidhogg the dragon as well as a whole host of other serpents, lies next to the spring, guarding it. These twelve streams later conjoin together to form the rivers Elivagar and Gjol. ![]() The spring Hvergelmer, ‘bubbling, boiling spring’, runs through Niflheim, dividing itself into twelve icy streams. ![]() It is a place of darkness, opposite in everything to Muspelheim to the south. Niflheim, ‘mist-home’, ‘mist-world’, also called Niflhel, is an endless expanse of frost, ice, snow, and mist that lies to the north of Ginnungagap. Niflheim – Realm of Frost, Ice, Snow, and Mist. The final abode of all the dead, save for those chosen to sit in Odin’s hall of Valhalla and Freya’s bright hall of Folkvangr.ġ. Nidavellir – Home of dwarves and Svartalfheim – home of the dark elves, lie beneath the surface of Midgard.Midgard – Home to mortal humans, positioned between Jotunheim and Asgard.Vanaheim – Home of the Vanir tribe of gods.Asgard – Home of the Aesir tribe of gods and source of the Bifrost rainbow bridge.Surt, who will one day set fire to the world tree, dwells here. Muspelheim – A place of fire and home to the fire giants.The spring Hvergelmer, which gives rise to the rivers Elivagar and Gjoll, is located here. Niflheim – A place of frost, ice, snow, and mist.
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