Muspelheim

E74188

mythological location realm world in Norse cosmology

Muspelheim is the fiery realm of primordial heat and flame in Norse mythology, home to fire giants and central to the events of Ragnarök.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Muspelheim canonical	8
Múspellsheimr	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mythological location ⓘ realm ⓘ world in Norse cosmology ⓘ
appearsInSource	Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
associatedConcept	cosmic fire ⓘ primordial chaos ⓘ
associatedWithDeityOrBeing	Surtr ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	burning of the world at Ragnarök ⓘ
contrastedWith	Niflheim ⓘ
cosmicFunction	primordial source of heat in creation myths ⓘ source of destructive fire at Ragnarök ⓘ
cosmologicalPosition	one of the earliest worlds to exist ⓘ
cosmologicalRole	primordial world of fire ⓘ
createdByAuthor	Snorri Sturluson ⓘ surface form: Snorri Sturluson (as main prose source)
culture	Norse mythology ⓘ
describedAs	fiery realm of primordial heat and flame ⓘ
elementAssociation	fire ⓘ
etymologyContains	Múspellsheimr ⓘ
governedBy	Surtr ⓘ
influenced	modern fantasy depictions of fire realms ⓘ popular culture representations of Norse fire worlds ⓘ
inhabitant	fire giants ⓘ surtr ⓘ
languageOfName	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
mythicOpposition	world of ice Niflheim ⓘ
mythologicalEventAssociation	Ragnarok ⓘ surface form: Ragnarök
narrativeRole	realm from which Surtr leads forces against the gods ⓘ
partOf	Nine Worlds ⓘ
roleInMythology	central to the events of Ragnarök ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse mythology → featuresPlace → Muspelheim ⓘ

Yggdrasil → hasRealm → Muspelheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Múspellsheimr

Nine Worlds → hasRealm → Muspelheim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Múspellsheimr

Niflheim → contrastedWith → Muspelheim ⓘ

Bifrost → associatedRealm → Muspelheim ⓘ

Élivágar rivers → relatedConcept → Muspelheim ⓘ

subject surface form: Élivágar

Surtr → domain → Muspelheim ⓘ

Surtr → rulerOf → Muspelheim ⓘ

Surtr → residence → Muspelheim ⓘ

surtr → associatedRealm → Muspelheim ⓘ

subject surface form: Surtr