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The Nine Worlds Listen on Spotify: iTunes/Apple Music: Get the song on Bandcamp here: Or The existence of the “nine worlds” is mentioned in passing in a poem in the Poetic Edda. The nine worlds are believed to be: Midgard, the world of humanity Asgard, the world of the Aesir tribe of gods and goddesses Vanaheim, the world of the Vanir tribe of gods and goddesses Jotunheim, the world of the giants Niflheim, the primordial world of ice Muspelheim, the primordial world of fire Alfheim, the world of the elves Nidavellir/Svartalfheim, the world of the dwarves Hel, the world of the eponymous goddess Hel and the dead Lyrics (Old Norse): níu man ek heima, níu íviði, mjötvið mœran fyr mold neðan. jörð fannsk æva né upphiminn, gap var ginnunga, níu man ek heima, níu íviði, mjötvið mœran fyr mold neðan. Lyrics (English translation): Nine worlds I knew, | the nine in the tree. With mighty roots | beneath the mold. Earth had not been, | nor heaven above, But a yawning gap Nine worlds I knew, | the nine in the tree. With mighty roots | beneath the mold. Official Website: Follow me on Facebook: Instagram: Reddit:
