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Niflhel
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{{Short description|Location in Norse mythology}}Niflhel (“Misty Hel”; Nifel meaning fog) is a location in Norse mythology which appears in the eddic poems Vafþrúðnismál and Baldrs draumar, and also in Snorri Sturluson’s Gylfaginning. According to Snorri Sturluson’s work, Niflhel could be interpreted as the lowest level of Hel, but Niflhel and sometimes Hel are conflated with the concept of Niflheim, a term which originates with Sturluson.- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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Prose Edda
Gylfaginning“>Gylfaginning
In Gylfaginning by Snorri Sturluson, Gylfi, the old king of Scandinavia, receives an education in Norse mythology from Odin himself in the guise of three men. Gylfi learns from Odin (as Ãriði) that Odin gave the first man his spirit, and that the spirits of just men will live forever in Gimlé, whereas those of evil men will live forever in Niflhel:{{cquote|“The greatest of all is this: that he made man, and gave him the spirit, which shall live and never perish, though the flesh-frame rot to mould, or burn to ashes; and all men shall live, such as are just in action, and be with himself in the place called Gimlé. But evil men go to Hel and thence down to the Misty Hel; and that is down in the ninth world.“Section III of Gylfaginning, in translation by Arthur G. Brodeur (1916, 1923), p. 16 at Google Books.}}Poetic Edda
Vafþrúðnismál“>Vafþrúðnismál
In Vafþrúðnismál, Odin has wagered his head in a contest of wits with the giant (jotun) Vafþrúðnir. Odin asks Vafþrúðnir whether he can tell all the secrets of the gods and giants, and Vafþrúðnir answers that he can do so since he has been to all the nine worlds, including Niflhel:{||
Vafþrúðnir kvað:
43. “Frá jötna rúnum
ok allra goða
ek kann segja satt,
þvà at hvern hef ek
heim of komit;
nÃu kom ek heima
fyr Niflhel neðan;
hinig deyja ór helju halir.”www.heimskringla.no/original/edda/vafthrudnesmal.php" title="wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070508210238www.heimskringla.no/original/edda/vafthrudnesmal.php">Vafþrúðnismál at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad, Norway.|
Vafthruthnir spake:
43. “Of the runes of the gods
and the giants’ race
The truth indeed can I tell,
(For to every world have I won;)
To nine worlds came I,
to Niflhel beneath,
The home where
dead men dwell.”The Ballad of Vafthruthnir in translation by Henry Adams Bellows (1936), at Sacred Texts.|
Baldrs draumar“>Baldrs draumar
Though not a part of the Codex Regius, in the poem Baldrs draumar, Odin makes a visit to Niflhel himself in order to enquire about the bad dreams of his son Baldr:{||
Upp reis Ãðinn,
alda gautr,
ok hann á Sleipni
söðul of lagði;
reið hann niðr þaðan
niflheljar til;
mætti hann hvelpi,
þeim er ór helju kom.www.heimskringla.no/original/edda/vegtamskvida.php" title="wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070508162448www.heimskringla.no/original/edda/vegtamskvida.php">Baldrs draumar at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad, Norway.|
2. Then Othin rose,
the enchanter old,
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.Baldr’s Dreams in translation by Henry Adams Bellows (1936), at Sacred Texts.|
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