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Key Details
Type
RealmMythology
Norse Pantheon
Realm
Mythological / Non-physical
About This Location
Dwarf-fields, overlapping Svartalfheim
Voluspa mentions Niðavellir, "dark fields," as a dwarf-place (and a hall of gold). Snorri prefers Svartalfheim for underground smiths. English Nidavellir is a modern convenience for the same workshop: Draupnir, Mjolnir, Gleipnir's makers. There is no separate cult. Admit the overlap rather than invent two kingdoms with flags. The poems need a dark address for skilled beings who are not Aesir.
Primary Sources
“Stood in the north, on Nidavellir, a hall of gold, the dwelling of Sindri's kin.”
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