• Niflhel ("Misty Hel"; Nifel meaning fog) is a location in Norse mythology which appears in the eddic poems Vafþrúðnismál and Baldrs draumar, and also...
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    "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...
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    the word: Nástrandir (Corpse Shores). Hel (being) Hel (realm) Niflheim Niflhel Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson...
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    was not included in the Codex Regius but is instead a later addition. Niflhel is mentioned as being just outside Hel. The bloody Garmr makes an appearance...
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    And the saddle he laid | on Sleipnir's back; Thence rode he down | to Niflhel deep, And the hound he met | that came from hell. Bloody he was | on his...
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    goddess Freyja in a great meadow known as Fólkvangr. Niflhel: (lit. "The Dark" or "Misty Hel"). Niflhel is believed to be a place of punishment, where the...
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    can I tell, (For to every world have I won;) To nine worlds came I, to Niflhel beneath, The home where dead men dwell." Dodds translation, 2014: Vafthrudnir...
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  • called Blikjandaböl which means "Gleaming Disaster". Byock, Jesse. Trans. The Prose Edda (2006) Penguin Classics ISBN 0-14-044755-5 Niflheim Niflhel v t e...
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    Zoroastrianism Duzakh Hamistagan European Norse Hel Náströnd Niflheim Niflhel Greek / Roman Asphodel Meadows Elysium Erebus Fortunate Isles Hades Orcus...
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    Tuonela Georgian mythology Kveskneli Germanic religion Hel, Náströnd, Niflhel Greek religion Elysium, Asphodel Meadows, Tartarus Guanche mythology Echeide...
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