Niflheim

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse Niflheimr literally "world of mist," ultimately from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *nibilaz (“dark, misty”), from *nebulaz (“fog, mist, darkness”) + *haimaz (“home, house, village”).

Proper noun

Niflheim

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

Coordinate terms

• (The Nine Realms): Álfheimr, Asgard, Svartálfaheimr, Midgard, Múspellsheimr, Niðavellir, Jötunheimr, Vanaheimr