Muspelheim

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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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Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological location
realm
world in Norse cosmology
appearsInSource Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
associatedConcept cosmic fire
primordial chaos
associatedWithDeityOrBeing Surtr NERFINISHED
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 (as main prose source)
culture Norse mythology
describedAs fiery realm of primordial heat and flame
elementAssociation fire
etymologyContains Múspellsheimr
governedBy Surtr NERFINISHED
influenced modern fantasy depictions of fire realms
popular culture representations of Norse fire worlds
inhabitant fire giants
surtr
languageOfName Old Norse
mythicOpposition world of ice Niflheim
mythologicalEventAssociation Ragnarök
narrativeRole realm from which Surtr leads forces against the gods
partOf Nine Worlds
roleInMythology central to the events of Ragnarök

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nine Worlds ("Múspellsheimr")
Yggdrasil ("Múspellsheimr")
hasRealm
Bifrost
associatedRealm
Niflheim
contrastedWith
Norse mythology
featuresPlace

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