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466: 192:, Just-as-High describes the central tree Yggdrasil. Just-as-High says that three roots of the tree support it and "extend very, very far" and that the third of these three roots extends over Niflheim. Beneath this root, says Just-as-High, is the spring Hvergelmir, and that the base of the root is gnawed on by the 185:: "It was many ages before the earth was created that Niflheim was made, and in its midst lies a spring called Hvergelmir, and from it flows the rivers called Svol, Gunnthra, Fiorm, Fimbulthul, Slidr and Hrid, Sylg and Ylg, Vid, Leiptr; Gioll is next to Hell-gates." 1490: 2430: 1480: 2475: 1485: 567: 1460: 1455: 632: 1475: 1470: 1465: 1450: 1445: 1440: 137:
This stanza is followed by three stanzas consisting mainly of the names of 42 rivers. Some of these rivers lead to the dwelling of the gods (such as
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flow, and that the spring, "whence all waters rise", is the source of numerous rivers. The
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explains that the spring Hvergelmir is located in the foggy realm of
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repeats this information and adds that the spring is located in
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people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
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Index

Old Norse
Norse mythology
Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
Eikþyrnir
Niflheim
Yggdrasil
Urðarbrunnr
Mímisbrunnr
dragon
Níðhöggr
Gömul
Geirvimul
Gjöll
Leipt
Hel
Gylfaginning
Just-as-High
Niflheim
dragon
Níðhöggr
Eikþyrnir
Valhalla
Yggdrasil
Náströnd
Völuspá
Urðarbrunnr
Mímisbrunnr

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