9 Realms Of Norse Mythology Explained! | Mythical Madness

This video is perfect for anyone unfamiliar with Norse mythology, or anyone who wants to learn more about the different realms of Norse mythology. We'll discuss each realm in detail, and provide examples of how it's used in pop culture and mythology. So whether you're a pagan or not, this video is a great way to learn more about one of the most popular and mysterious cultures in history!

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[shadowthehedgehog]

Jötunheim has a lot of mountains and valleys. It's not cold, like Niflheim. Hel is supposedly a region within Niflheim. And Vanaheim is the home of the Vanir, not the elves...

[Redster]

Depending on who you ask and either the folklore or mythology, there are also pocket dimensions and pocket realms within The World Tree. The Wellsprings of Knowledge, which are three separate wells, are three such pocket realms that are mentioned. Mímisbrunnr is the wellspring at the foot of Yggdrasil, where Odin sacrificed his right eye in order to obtain all the wisdom of the cosmos. There may be in fact several more realms we may possibly do know about because much of Old-Norse texts are gone or untranslatable.

[geffeternal]

Vanaheim is the realm of the Vanir gods. Freya and Frey are from Vanaheim. 🤔

[holycarp]

Let me fix:
Midgard, the relm of mortals
Alfheim, the relm of elfs
Jotunheim, the relm of giants
Svartalfheim/nidavellir, the relm of dwarves
Helheim, the relm of the dead
Muspelheim, the relm of fire giants
Niflheim, the relm of ice giants
Asgard, the relm of the aesir gods
Vanaheim, the relm of the vanir gods

[maahitomatsumoto]

Finally i understood where tolkien got his inspiration from. For lord of the the rings and the hobbit

[starkiller]

Helheim isn't like hell, its the afterlife for those who either didn't have an honourable death or life as a warrior. Isn't a place of punishment

[tbo]

I have been to Jotunheim, it is beautiful. Did not see any giants…

[АнгелПетров-яь]

The image of svartalfheim is straight from God of war 😂
I see Kratos on the background whit his axe 🤣🤣🤣

[TheSleepyGoblin]

You left out the most interesting aspect of hel in Norse mythology, that it is freezing cold. In most religions/mythologies, hell or the bad afterlife was usually explained to be burning hot. It was usually described as hot, because the origins of the mythologies/religions came from countries who could occasionally suffer from drought and other things related to heat. In Norse Mythology, Hel was cold, because they would suffer from bad harvests (due to cold weather) and other things related to cold. To sum it all up, Hel is one of the very few mythological and religious interpretations of the negative afterlife, which is defined by extreme cold.

[brianvance]

Vanaheim is the home of the Vanir gods, and all elves live in Alfheim. Helheim is the land of the dead for those who die of old age, disease, accidents, or who are executed as criminals. Those who die in glorious battle are picked up by the valkyries and taken to one of two places: either Valhalla to serve Odin come Ragnarok, or Folkvangr to serve Freya. So far the only ones you got right were Asgard, Midgard, Muspelheim, Niflheim, Svartalfheim/Nidvalir, and Jotunheim. That might technically be a passing grade but it’s still piss poor

[thermaltyrant]

Him:Vanaheim is a peaceful realm
Me when plants shoot me out of nowhere with predictions and aimbot:

[craigt]

Vanaheim is home to the Vanir gods NOT Elves(although some live there) the
Vanir gods are a race of LONG lived super-humans just like the Aesir worshipped by the Norse Midgardians..they are basically the same race descended from the first Norse god Buri that branched off and settled in Vanaheim

[MeekCatholic]

I do believe that I can travel to any realm if I just let myself walk into trouble :)

[dianalindeman]

Loved the art. What about Valhalla and Folkvang?

[HAZE_IS_SLEEPY]

Svartalhiem Is also home to the dark Elves as the Translation of its name is literally "Dark Elf Home" and Nidavellir is where the realm of the Dwarves

[KRATOSopguy]

Short and crisp explanation with that peaceful bgm 😌

[Lucifer.s.understudy]

Svartalfheim is the land of Dark Elves. Nidavellir is the land of dwarves. Some say this is the same thing. Others say Nidavellir is on Midgard.

[Galimeer]

Here to read all the "Um, actually..." comments about how this list is dumb and wrong.

To the uninitiated, the "Nine Realms" are never fully listed in any of the original sources on Norse Mythology and those sources are often self-contradictory or offer a total realm count of way more than nine so no one knows what all nine realms actually are.

More importantly, 9 seems to be one of those special numbers -- Heimdall has nine mothers, Thor takes nine steps before Jörmungandr's venom kills him during Ragnarök, Odin hangs on Yggdrasil for nine days to learn about runes because he's actually a total nerd, Rán -- mother of the waves -- has nine daughters, etc...

Point is, nine was probably their version of "several" in that it doesn't mean a specific number. How much is several? More than "a couple, " less than "a dozen" I guess?

So, trying to make a clean list of "The Nine Realms" is as easy as making a list of "The Seven Seas." Go ahead, try it. You're in for a headache.

[LovesGaming]

Will you please do the entire Celtic mythology?

[BlackFlagHeathen]

Vanaheim is the realm of the Vanir class of gods, not the elves. Alfheim is the realm of the elves. Freyr is sometimes said in the mythology to be lord of Alfheim though, and he is a member of the Vanir, so maybe that’s where the confusion comes from.