- Midgard – Mythopedia
Midgard was the middle of Norse mythology’s Nine Realms, and the home of humankind The halfway point between the chaos of Jotunheim and the order of Asgard, it was a common battleground for gods and monsters
- Nine Realms – Mythopedia
The Nine Realms, or worlds, were the geographical building blocks of Norse cosmology Each realm was located on Yggdrasil, the world tree, and only the most intrepid gods and mortals could travel between them
- Bifrost – Mythopedia
Bifrost was the shimmering rainbow bridge that connected the Norse realms Asgard and Midgard Guarded by the god Heimdall, whose eyes never closed, it was fated to fall after the jötnar’s invasion during Ragnarok
- Jotunheim – Mythopedia
Jotunheim was the Norse realm where the jötnar, non-human and non-divine creatures like giants and trolls, lived It was a place of lawlessness and destruction, and the chaotic jötnar and order-loving gods fought constantly
- Thor – Mythopedia
Thor was the fiercest of Norse deities, god of thunder and lightning and always raring for a fight Wielding his powerful hammer Mjölnir, he defeated many monsters and jötnar in service of the Aesir
- Asgard – Mythopedia
Asgard was connected to Midgard, the realm of humanity, via the Bifrost, a rainbow bridge guarded by Heimdall As the home of the gods, Asgard was the preeminent realm in Norse mythology —a place of unearthly size, grandeur and beauty It came as close to civilized perfection as was possible in the realms
- Muspelheim – Mythopedia
Muspelheim was the Norse realm of fire and heat, whose elemental blaze melted the ice of Niflheim and created Ymir, the first giant It would play a role in Ragnarök as well, consuming all creation in its flames
- Niflheim – Mythopedia
Niflheim was the Norse realm of ice and cold that, along with fiery Muspelheim, created the giant Ymir, whose body became the world It also housed Buri, ancestor of the gods, and Audumla, the sacred cow
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