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Bookmark or Share- Nine Realms - MythopediaOverview. According to Norse cosmology, the known universe was composed of Nine Realms. These realms were Asgard, the near-perfect home of the Aesir deities; Jotunheim, the fallen world of the monstrous jötunn; Midgard, the land of humans; Alfheim, home of the elves; Hel, a resting place for the dead; Vanaheim, the world of the magical Vanir deities; Nidavellir, the subterranean realm of the ...
- Baldur – MythopediaIn the Grímnismál of the Poetic Edda, the authoritative compilation of old Norse poems, a disguised Odin described the “broad-gleaming” abode of Baldur as the most peaceful of all places: The seventh is Breithablik; Baldr has there For himself a dwelling set, In the land I know that lies so fair, And from evil fate is free.
- Freya – MythopediaWhen Odin encouraged him to steal the necklace, Loki transformed himself into a flea and slipped into Freya’s sealed bedroom tower. Finding that Freya was sleeping on the necklace, Loki bit her on the cheek and caused her to turn over. Seizing his opportunity, Loki stole the necklace and took it to Odin.
- Thor – MythopediaThor was the son of Odin, the chief of the Aesir deities and highest of all gods. While his mother was variously known as Jord (“earth”), Hlödyn, or Fjörgyn, in all cases she was identified as a giant, making Thor half-jötunn.
- Freyr – MythopediaAt the center of Freyr’s surviving mythology was his marriage to the giantess Gerdr. As recounted in Sturluson’s Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, Freyr visited Odin’s throne room and sat on Hlithskjolf, the high seat of the gods. The seat was special, for it offered its occupant a vantage unto all the realms of creation.
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