Midgard is situated halfway between Niflheim on the north, the land of ice, and Muspelheim to the south, the region of fire. |
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Situated below one of the roots of the world tree, Yggdrasill, Niflheim contained a well, Hvergelmir, from which many rivers flowed. |
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According to Three Sisters' prophecy, Odin will send her to the cold and foggy city of the dead, Niflheim. |
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Aurgelmir, also called Ymir, in Norse mythology, the first being, a giant who was created from the drops of water that formed when the ice of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim. |
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It was called Niflheim, or the World of Darkness, and appears to have been divided into several sections, one of which was Náströnd, the shore of corpses. |
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Mention is made in an early poem of the nine worlds of Niflheim. |
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