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Places in Norse mythology

  • MidgardThe word Midgard appears in the Old Norse form Miðgarðr, meaning middle yard or middle enclosure. This term shares a common ancestor with Gothic Midjun-gards…
  • AsgardThe Old Norse compound word Ásgarðr combines the element meaning god with the element meaning enclosure. This linguistic structure defines the concept as the…
  • BifröstScholar Andy Orchard suggests that the Old Norse word Bifröst means shimmering path. He notes that the first element of the compound word suggests a fleeting…
  • YggdrasilThe name Yggdrasil appears in Old Norse texts as a compound word that scholars have debated for centuries. One dominant theory translates the term as "Odin's…
  • FólkvangrIn the poem Grímnismál, Odin disguised as Grímnir speaks to a young man named Agnar about the afterlife. He declares that Fólkvangr is the ninth hall where…
  • ValhallaThe word Valhalla derives from Old Norse, a compound noun composed of two elements. The first element is the masculine noun valr meaning the slain.