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Niflheim (name) means In Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.

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In Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.
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Etymology

Niflheim came from Old Norse Niflheimr (literally “world of mist”), which ultimately goes back to Proto-Germanic *nibilaz (“dark, misty”), from *nebulaz (“fog, mist, darkness”) plus *haimaz (“home, house, village”).

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"niflheim" (name) means in Germanic and Norse cosmology, the Norse underworld, location of the domain Hel and of the realm of Hel, the goddess of the dead.
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