Midgard

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Midgard is the human-inhabited world in Norse mythology, situated between the realms of gods and giants and encircled by a vast ocean.


Statements (41)
Predicate Object
instanceOf location in Norse mythology
mythological world
realm
alsoKnownAs Miðgarð
Miðgarðr
borderedBy outer ocean inhabited by Jörmungandr
category Locations in Norse mythology
Mythological places in Norse mythology
connectedBy Bifröst
connectedTo Asgard
Ásgarðr
cosmicRelation lies above Hel
lies beneath Asgard
createdBy Odin NERFINISHED
Vili

createdFrom body of the primordial giant Ymir
culture Norse mythology
destinedTo be destroyed at Ragnarök
encircledBy Jörmungandr
etymologyMeaning middle enclosure
hasRole central human world in Norse mythic geography
inhabitedBy humans
languageOfName Old Norse
mentionedIn Gylfaginning
Poetic Edda NERFINISHED
Prose Edda NERFINISHED
Völuspá
opposedTo Jötunheimr
Útgarðr
partOf Nine Worlds
Norse cosmology
positionInCosmos between the realm of the gods and the realm of the giants
protectedBy gods
separatedFrom Jötnar
giants
surroundedBy vast ocean
world-encircling ocean
survivalAfterRagnarök renewed earth
survivorsAfterRagnarök Líf
Lífþrasir


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