In Norse mythology, Niðafjöll (pronounced , also written Niðvellir, often anglicized as Nidafjöll), which means ''dark mountains'', are located in the northern

underworld The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underwor ...

. Niðafjöll is the site from which the dragon

Níðhöggr In Norse mythology, Níðhöggr (''Malice Striker'', in Old Norse traditionally also spelled Níðhǫggr , often anglicized NidhoggWhile the suffix of the name, ''-höggr'', clearly means "striker" the prefix is not as clear. In particular, the ...

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. Niðafjöll is mentioned in ''

Völuspá ''Vǫluspá'' (also ''Völuspá'', ''Vǫlospá'' or ''Vǫluspǫ́''; Old Norse: 'Prophecy of the völva, a seeress'; reconstructed Old Norse: ) is the best known poem of the ''Poetic Edda''. It tells the story of the creation of the world and ...

'' from the

Poetic Edda The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the ''Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic med ...

.''Voluspo, The Wise-Woman's Prophecy'' (The Poetic Edda, by Henry Adams Bellows, 1936)
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References

Other sources

*Faulkes, Anthony (trans. and ed.) (1987) ''Edda of Snorri Sturluson'' (Everyman's Library) * Lindow, John (2001) ''Handbook of Norse mythology'' (Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio) * Orchard, Andy (1997) ''Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend'' (Cassell) * Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology'' (D.S. Brewer)

External links

* Bellows, Henry Adams (trans.) (1923) ''The Poetic Edda''. New York:

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. Available online i
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