Mythologies of the World

Jötunheim. The Wild Realm of the Jötnar

Jötunheim is the vast and fearsome land of the giants, ancestral enemies of the Aesir gods.

Midgard is the world of human beings, located at the center of the Norse cosmos

Alfheim (Álfheimr) is the world of the Ljósálfar, the light elves, beings associated with beauty, luminosity, and

Vanaheim is the world of the Vanir gods, a divine lineage distinct from the Aesir, associated with fertility, nature

Asgard is the world of the Æsir, the divine lineage associated with order, sovereignty, war, and the

In Norse cosmology, the universe is a living network formed by nine interconnected worlds. None of them exists in isolation:

The sacred ash tree that sustains the universe. YggdrasilIt is no ordinary tree, but a cosmic axis (axis mundi)

At the beginning of time there was neither sky nor earth, neither sea nor sun. There was only the great primordial void...