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The Old Norse corpus does not clearly list the Nine Worlds, if it provides them at all. However, some scholars have proposed identifications for the nine. For example, Henry Adams Bellows (1923) says that the Nine Worlds consist of Ásgarðr , Vanaheimr , Álfheimr , Miðgarðr , Jötunheimr , Múspellsheimr , Svartálfaheimr , Niflheimr ...
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Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, ... Odin pursues knowledge throughout the nine realms.
Yggdrasil (from Old Norse Yggdrasill) is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds. Yggdrasil is attested in the Poetic Edda compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda compiled in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
An attempt to illustrate Norse cosmology by Henry Wheaton (1831) The existence of Nine Worlds receive mention in some Old Norse texts. These worlds are nowhere specifically listed in sequence, but are generally assumed to include Vanaheimr.
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 of Vingólf where the Ásynjur goddesses gathered.
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.
Norse mythology includes a diverse array of people, places, creatures, and other mythical elements. Places. ... The Nine Worlds of Norse mythology;