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The Aesir gods killed Ymir, the strongest giant, and laid out his flesh to create Midgard, sometimes known as the material plane. The Vanir mad Alfheim, a world home to the Alfs (sometimes translated as Elves), creatures of wind and light. The most famous Giant, Loki, had a child named Hel, who formed a world called Helheim to house the dishonored dead. Jotunheim formed from somewhere, and with it came the treacherous and mischievous Jotuns, or Giants. More worlds popped up on the branches, like Asgard and Vanaheim, home to the Aesir and Vanir tribes of gods respectively, with Aesir gods representing war, and Vanir gods being about nature. To separate these worlds, a tree was planted that grew on for infinity. The truth is, that there were only two extremes at the start: Fire and Ice, or as they appear in this interpretation, Muspelheim and Niflheim. maybe it was always there, maybe the gods created it, but theories from the mortal races prove inconclusive.

No one is sure where the nine worlds came from. The 9 Worlds are populated with all sorts of creatures and magic, and this re-imagining of the multiverse is sure to take you on several adventures not fit for a true Midgardian. Dwarves and Elves, Humans, Dragons, Serpents, and even Squirrels. 1.4.2 Traveling the World Tree: A guide to extra planetary travel throughout Yggdrasil.1.4.1 Runes: The Language of the Universe.Also, Gimle might actually be part of Asgard. It's not the most satisfying answer, because almost nothing about it is known. Gimle: If the two worlds above are combined with their counterparts, that only makes 8 worlds, but some modern mythology books have the ninth world be Gimle, a vaguely described "jeweled roof" that seems to be a sort of heaven where the gods go after Ragnarok.Some texts even combine the two names into "Niflhel," so it's likely that Hel and Niflheim are one world. However, some texts describe the dead as going to Niflheim, which implies that Hel may have established her territory within Niflheim. Hel: the land of the dead, named after the goddess Hel, who rules it.If the two are the same thing, than Nidavellir might be inside Svartalfheim, in which case it may not be a separate world. The confusing part is that Norse Mythology doesn't seem to distinguish between a "dark elf" and a dwarf. Nidavellir was said to be the home of the dwarves.Svartalfheim: The land of the "dark elves." But now, things get tricky.Later, the rest of the worlds came into being after the death of the frost giant Ymir.

These two realms were separated by the "yawning emptiness" of Ginungagap.

Niflheim: the primordial land of ice and mist.

Muspellheim: the primordial land of fire.

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