Náströnd

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Náströnd is a grim shore in Norse mythology where the souls of the most wicked are punished in a hall woven of serpents and dripping venom.

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Náströnd canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm
location in Norse mythology
mythological shore
associatedWithEvent Ragnarok
surface form: Ragnarök
contrastedWith Fólkvangr
Valhalla
cosmologicalRole part of Norse underworld
realm of post-mortem punishment
culture Norse mythology
describedBy Snorri Sturluson
describedIn Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
hasArchitecture doors facing north
hall far from the sun
hasCategory Locations in the Eddas
Mythological places of punishment
Norse underworld locations
hasFeature darkness
grim shore
hall woven of serpents
poisonous fumes
river of venom
venom dripping from serpents
hasFloor venom-filled floor
hasInhabitants souls of the wicked
hasMaterial serpents as wall-cords
hasMeaning Corpse Shore
Shore of the Dead
hasPunishmentType eternal torment
venom dripping on the damned
hasRoof serpents’ heads spitting venom
hasVariantSpelling Nastrond
Nástrandir
languageOfName Old Norse language
surface form: Old Norse
locatedIn Niflheim
mentionedIn Völuspá
moralFunction place of retribution for extreme moral transgressions
warning against oath-breaking and murder
punishes adulterers
murderers
oath-breakers
perjurers
slanderers

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Helheim hasSubregion Náströnd
Níðhöggr associatedWith Náströnd
"Hel" (goddess/hidden) + "heimr" (home, world) hasSubrealm Náströnd
subject surface form: Helheim