There, he found a way to harness all the frosty power of Niflheim, creating works of marvel that shocked the realms of both men and Gods. After a certain distance, the realm returns to its original frigid state.Īs of the sequel, the realm of fog itself returns itself as original state.Īt some point, an ambitious Dwarf alchemist named Ivaldi decided to settle a workshop in the land of mist. Fortunately, this mist can be avoided at higher altitudes, and armor constructed from Ivaldi's creations can prolong the time one can breathe in the fog. The snow and ice are nowhere to be seen, the wind doesn't blow anymore and the now fatal mist releases a foul smell. Within the vicinity of Ivaldi's workshop, the mist has been transformed into a foul-smelling fog that will kill anyone who stays within it for too long. The Mist Fields has also several structures including the nordic stone statues and the metallic female statue covered the snow, far from the canyons where an enormous skeletal corpse pieces of Primordial Cow laid and final resting places over the edge of canyon. The only known type of plant life that is able to grow in Niflheim appears to be Raven Tree, a giant tree with covered the trunk-like frozen, suggesting that native life is possible though none of the faunas are lived in the realm of ice. Unlike the Helheim, The realm possesses covered clouds covering the bluish skies, the fields has covered fog and mist, and mountains of ice. Niflheim is known as the "realm of fog" being largely a place of endless snow, wind, ice and mist.īefore the realm has been cursed mist, The Realm of the Ice is land of cold and darkness. The gold, jewelry, tools, and even vehicles that people of the Viking Age took with them to Niflheim have provided the artifacts that let us understand both life and death in the Norse world. Niflheim was a desolate place, but the Norse people believed that they could give their loved ones a more comfortable experience by sending them with grave goods. Baldr and his blind brother would rebuild the world and become leaders of a new race of gods. The gods who had been sent to Hel would also emerge, however. They would be joined by frost giants, the counterparts of Muspelheim’s fire giants, and the other monsters who inhabited Niflheim. At Ragnarök, Loki and his daughter would lead the dead out of Hel. There, he learned not only about the creation of the world but also about its destruction. Odin himself travelled to Hel to consult a wise woman and learn hidden wisdom. This joyless world was sometimes said to be the place for criminals and outcasts, but was more broadly believed to house the souls of all but the most noble men. Its water had combined with the heat of Muspelheim, the world of fire, in the creation of Midgard and the other worlds.Niflheim is also thought to have been the location of Hel, the realm of the dead. The world of Niflheim was the primordial realm of ice and mist on the northern edge of Ginnungagap. In others, criminals, outlaws, oathbreakers, and other ignoble sinners were sent to Hel.
In some sources, Hel’s hall was the destination for all those who lived and died in unexceptional ways. Others, however, were sent to the realm of Loki’s daughter, Hel. Exceptional warriors went to Valhalla, other noble deaths went to Frigg’s hall at Fólkvangr, and those who died by drowning were carried into the sea by Ram. The Norse people did not believe that all people went to the same world after they passed on. The spring in Niflheim was said to be the source of all rivers. Hvergelmir continued to drip into the Nine Worlds. This was Ymir who was a great jötunn, a word often translated into English as “giant.” When Ymir was killed his body was used to create Midgard, the world of men. This vapor eventually coalesced into a form. The droplets of water heated as they fell toward Muspelheim, forming a cloud of vapor in Ginnungagap. Little of Muspelheim’s heat reached Niflheim, but the slight amount that did caused the ice to drip into Ginnungagap. As it grew hotter it, too, formed a primordial world. The northern reaches were so cold, however, that the water of Hvergelmir froze. In the north of Ginnungagap there was a spring called Hvergelmir. Before the worlds were created, there was only an empty void known as Ginnungagap. According to the Norse story of creation, Niflheim was the first of the Nine Worlds to be brought into being.
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