Re: [tied] Re: Nordic Nine Worlds

Thanks!

Was Elivåger thought as a River around the World, like Okeanos?

Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Nordengen <thomasno@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:03 AM
Subject: [tied] Re: Nordic Nine Worlds


>
> --- In cybalist@egroups.com, João Simões Lopes Filho
> <jodan99@...>
> wrote:
>
> I've searched through a norse mythology page (unfortunately for you
> in
> Norwegian), and found the following:
>
> Muspellsheim: Home of fire. The sky before creation of earth.
> Represents south.
>
> Vanaheim: Home of Vaner, a tribe of gods.
>
> Alfheim: Home of Alfer, the Elven people (who were sometimes evil)
>
> Midgard: The home of humans, a world built by Æser to protect
> humans
> from Jotuns.
>
> Åsgard: Castle or borg in Midgard, home of Æser.
>
> Jotunheimen: Land by the coast on the other side of the river
> Elivåger. Here Jotuns had huge farms.
>
> > The Nordic Nine Worlds:
> > MUSPELLSHEIM
> > ALFHEIM
> > ÁSGARDR
> > VANAHEIM
> > MIDGARDR
> > JOETUNNHEIM
> > SVARTALFHEIM
> > HELHEIM
> > NIFLHEIM
> >
> > What's their structure?
> >
> > VANAHEIM - ALFHEIM - ASGARDR (Heaven)
> > NIFLHEIM - MIDGARDR - MUSPELLSJEIM (Earth)
> > JOETUNNHEIM - SVARTALFHEIM - HELHEIM (Underworld)
> > ?????
> >
> > or
> >
> > ASGARDR (Heaven)
> > ALFHEIM (Atmosphere, physical Overworld)
> > VANAHEIM (West) - NIFLHEIM (North) - JOETUNNHEIM (East) -
> MUSPELLSHEIM (South) - MIDGARDR (Center)
> > SVARTALFHEIM (Underground, physical Underworld)
> > HELHEIM (Underworld)
> >
> > ????????
> >
> > or
> >
> > ASGARDR (Heaven)
> > ALFHEIM (Atmosphere, physical Overworld)
> > NIFLHEIM (North) - Midgardr (Center) - MUSPELLSHEIM (South) -
> JoETUNNHEIM (Beyond Sea that circles around the World) - VANAHEIM (?)
> > SVARTALFHEIM (Underground, physical Underworld)
> > HELHEIM (Underworld)
> >
> > ????????
> >
> > Joao SL
> > Rio
>
>
>
>