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Niflheim en · PROPN

Etymology

From Old Norse Niflheimr (literally “world of mist”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nibilaz (“dark, misty”), from *nebulaz (“fog, mist, darkness”) + *haimaz (“home, house, village”).

Meanings

  1. (Norse) In Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.

Coordinates

Vanaheimr (The Nine Realms) · Álfheimr (The Nine Realms) · Niðavellir (The Nine Realms) · Jötunheimr (The Nine Realms) · Asgard (The Nine Realms) · Múspellsheimr (The Nine Realms) · Svartálfaheimr (The Nine Realms) · Midgard (The Nine Realms)