Cosmology

SVARTALFHEIM

SVARTALFHEIM

  In Norse mythology, Svartalfheim is the realm of the Dark Elves (Svartalfar), as opposed to the Light Elves residing in Alfheim. It is sometimes confused with Nidavellir, realm of...

SVARTALFHEIM

  In Norse mythology, Svartalfheim is the realm of the Dark Elves (Svartalfar), as opposed to the Light Elves residing in Alfheim. It is sometimes confused with Nidavellir, realm of...

HELHEIM

HELHEIM

  Helheim is known as the realm of death and is located in the deepest, darkest and gloomy part of Niflheim, one of the nine worlds of Yggdrasil, in Norse...

HELHEIM

  Helheim is known as the realm of death and is located in the deepest, darkest and gloomy part of Niflheim, one of the nine worlds of Yggdrasil, in Norse...

FOLKVANGR

FOLKVANGR

  Fólkvangr is a plain where the goddess Freya reigns and where half of those who die in battle end up, the other half going to the Valhalla of the...

FOLKVANGR

  Fólkvangr is a plain where the goddess Freya reigns and where half of those who die in battle end up, the other half going to the Valhalla of the...

SESSRUMNIR

SESSRUMNIR

  In Norse mythology, Sessrúmnir is both the mansion of the goddess Freya located in Fólkvangr, a field where Freya receives half of those who die in battle and also...

SESSRUMNIR

  In Norse mythology, Sessrúmnir is both the mansion of the goddess Freya located in Fólkvangr, a field where Freya receives half of those who die in battle and also...

GINNUNGAGAP

GINNUNGAGAP

  Ginnungagap was the name given to a vast abyss in Norse mythology. This abyss, so deep that its bottom was inconceivable, separated the worlds Niflheim and Muspellheim, respectively the...

GINNUNGAGAP

  Ginnungagap was the name given to a vast abyss in Norse mythology. This abyss, so deep that its bottom was inconceivable, separated the worlds Niflheim and Muspellheim, respectively the...