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ID: 901000094
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000094
Record Type: Legendary Place

Niflheim (Norse legendary place)

Note: In Norse mythology, the cold, dark, misty world of the dead, ruled by the goddess Hel. In some accounts it was the last of nine worlds, a place into which evil men passed after reaching the region of death (Hel). Situated below one of the roots of the world tree, Yggdrasill, Niflheim contained a well, Hvergelmir, from which many rivers flowed. In the Norse creation story, Niflheim was the misty region north of the void (Ginnungagap) in which the world was created.

Names:
Niflheim (Norse legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Niflheimr (Norse legendary place) (Nordic language,U,N)
Nivlheim (Norse legendary place) (English,U,N)
Nylfheim (Norse legendary place) (English,U,N)
Neiflheim (Norse legendary place) (English,U,N)
Nibelheim (Norse legendary place) (English,U,N)
Nebelheim (Norse legendary place) (German,U,N)
Dunkelheim (Norse legendary place) (German,U,N)
Dimhöljda Världen (Norse legendary place) (English,U,P)
Monde de la brume (Norse legendary place) (French,U,P)
House of Mists (Norse legendary place) (English,U,P)
Terra delle nebbie (Norse legendary place) (Italian,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Norse iconography> (P)
........<Norse legendary places> (P)
............Niflheim (Norse legendary place) (I)
Related Iconography:
meaning/usage overlaps with .... Hel
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Norse iconography, Norse legendary places, Hel (Norse legendary place)) [901001116]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Norse (ancient)
.....(Scandinavian, European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Niflheim (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
Niflheimr (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Nivlheim (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Nylfheim (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Neiflheim (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Nibelheim (Norse legendary place)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Nebelheim (Norse legendary place)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Dunkelheim (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Dimhöljda Världen (Norse legendary place)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Monde de la brume (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
House of Mists (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Terra delle nebbie (Norse legendary place)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Niflheim," accessed 13 June 2011

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