Niflheim

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Niflheimr (literally “world of mist”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nibilaz (“dark, misty”), from *nebulaz (“fog, mist, darkness”) + *haimaz (“home, house, village”).

Proper noun

Niflheim

1. (Norse mythology) In 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, Jötunheimr, Midgard, Múspellsheimr, Niðavellir, Svartálfaheimr, Vanaheimr