Niðafjöll
In Norse mythology, Nidafjöll (Old Norse: Niðafjǫll, pronounced [ˈnɪðafjɔlː]), which means something like "dark mountains" (potentially lit. 'mountains of waning'), is a location in the northern underworld. Niðafjöll is the site from which the dragon Níðhöggr comes. According to Snorri Sturluson, the good and virtuous people will live here in a golden palace after the Ragnarök, despite its proximity to Hel.[1][2]
Niðafjöll is mentioned in Völuspá (verse 66) from the Poetic Edda:
Þar kømr inn dimmi dreki fljúgandi, naðr fránn, neðan frá Niðafjöllum. Berr sér í fjöðrum —flýgr völl yfir— Níðhöggr nái— |
There comes the dim dragon flying, a gleaming adder, below from the Nidafjöll. Carrying in between the feathers —flying the land over— Nidhogg corpses does—. |
References
Other sources
- Faulkes, Anthony (trans. and ed.) (1987) Edda of Snorri Sturluson (Everyman's Library) ISBN 0-460-87616-3
- Lindow, John (2001) Handbook of Norse mythology (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio) ISBN 1-57607-217-7
- Orchard, Andy (1997) Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend (Cassell) ISBN 0-304-34520-2
- Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology (D.S. Brewer) ISBN 0-85991-513-1
External links
- Bellows, Henry Adams (trans.) (1923) The Poetic Edda. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Available online in www.voluspa (org).