Norse cosmology
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Norse cosmology is the account of the universe and its laws by the ancient North Germanic peoples. The topic encompasses concepts from Norse mythology and Old Norse religion such as notations of time
A depiction of the personified moon, Máni, and the personified Sun, Sól by Lorenz Frølich, 1895
A 19th century attempt at illustrating Yggdrasil as described in the Prose Edda
The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani
Niflheim
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In Norse cosmology, Niflheim or Niflheimr 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-d
Norse cosmology
…Earth came to be, there existed the bright and flaming place called Muspell—a location so hot that foreigners may not enter it—and the foggy land of Niflheim. In Niflheim was a spring, Hvergelmir, and from it flow numerous rivers. Together these rivers, known as Élivágar, flowed further and further from their…
An attempt to illustrate Norse cosmology by Henry Wheaton (1831)
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Buddhist hell