Worlds of the Norse Mythology

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tags Asgard, ginnungagap, helheim, jotunheim,ljusalfheim, midgar
d, muspelheim, Mythology, nifelheim, niflheim, norse,schwarzalben
heim, svartalfheim, vanaheim, vikings, worlds on Februar 1, 2008
by nottsvalin
There are lots of worlds in the Norse mythtology and
Im going to make a short review of all of them
telling you who lives in those worlds(this are pieces of
the Norse mythtology book and this is just for information
maybe later i am going to investigate more about every
world one by one):

1.Ginnungagap: In the beginning there was a void , a

big gap of darkness filled with the primal forces
of creation.The heat of Muspel and the ice of Nifel
made the essence of life come forth from
the void.the first living being , the giant Ymer , was
born out of the darkness and he is the ancestor of the
creatures of theuniverse.The world was formed from
his slauthered body.Ginnungagap is the black hole
from wich everything came out and into wich
everthing will return in the end.

2.Midgard:In the middle of the universe you will find

the world ofman.Some say that Midgard bears the
most beautiful leaves on the world tree Yggdrasil ,
but the world of man is a very fragile world and it is
under a permanent threat.The sophisticated balance
between polarities wich is the fundament of
Midgard , could easily be disturbed.If that would
happen the forces of chaos will inundate the earth
and the end will be the only future for humanity.

3.Asgard:Upon a mountain in the middle of the

universe,high above the world of man,rises the abode
of the gods.The shining halls of the gods circle in the
sky like the stars and the twelve signs of
the zodiac.Only those who are brave and pure of
hearth will be brought up in the air to the palaces
of Asgard.they will ride upon the rainbow and fight
side by side with the gods on the end of days.
4.Jotunheim:Somewhere beyon the border of hte
known world you may hear the drumming and the
heavy steps of thegiants.They are born out of the
primeval forces of nature and descend from the time
when not even the gods were born.theirbrutal power
is only surpassed by their wisdom,since the old age
of the giants have made them see what neither gods
nor men ever will.

5.Svartalfheim:The dwarves and the black elves live

below the ground and in stumps
and stones.Among all creatures in the universe they
are the most foremost blacksmiths.Deep down in the
underworld they forge the treasures of gods.They use
the metals from the veins of the earth to create the
most preciousthings.It has been said that this folk
may be able to teach you the secret of alchemy and
the knowledge of making gold out of earth.

6.Ljusalfheim:The shining ones,the elves and the

fairies,are beings of enchanting beauty.They act as a
thought or fantasy and it could be easy for you to be
lead astray by their splendidlight.You may be lifted
on their wings to the highest of skies, but bewarein
the next moment they let you fall.

7.Muspelheim:From the south comes the forces of

chaos anddestruction.The ultimate heat from the
world of Muspel will very soon burn the world and
turn it into ashes.The firegiant Surt rides with his
hordes to meet the gods in the final battle
ofRagnarok.But the wheel of fate will turn once again
and from the ash a new world will rise.

8.Vanaheim:There are two races of gods.The Vanir-

gods of Vanaheim belong to the old stock of
gods,maybe even older than the Asir.They live on the
fertile fields and near the sea.They are known fot
their power over life and hapiness and the seed is
theirsymbol.The lord and lady,Frej and Freja,are the
rulers of Vanaheim and they are united in the sacred
marriage wich brings life to the
arable lands.Not knownto everyone is the secret lore
of wichcraft wich the Vanir-gods teach the chosen
ones.

9.Helheim:Hel,the godess of death is also the godess

offulfilment.Her name means both hole and whole
and she governs not only death but also the process
of birth andrebirth.Hel was hurled down to the world
of ice in the beginning of time and there she created
9 dark worlds.The bright of Balder and the power of
the sun descend into her mistyrealm,but in the future
Balder wil be reborn and rise from the womb of Hel
like the sun in the springtime.

10.Nifelheim:The world of ice in the distant north is a

very mysterious place.Among its fog and inside the
ice,the seed of life isburied.When the heat of Muspel
turn the ice of Nifel into a stream of water,the
creation take place.Even though the frozen waters of
Nifel counceal a spark of life this is first of all a place
of death and the world fear the lethal strenght of the
icegiants who were born here in the beginning of
time.
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