- In
Norse mythology,
Hvergelmir (Old Norse: [ˈxwerˌɡelmez̠]; "bubbling
boiling spring") is a
major spring.
Hvergelmir is
attested in the
Poetic Edda, compiled...
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primordial ice and cold, with the
frozen rivers of Élivágar and the well of
Hvergelmir, from
which come all the rivers.
According to Gyl****inning,
Niflheim was...
- locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the
spring Hvergelmir, and
another to the well Mímisbrunnr.
Creatures live
within Yggdrasil...
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wells existing beneath three roots of Yggdrasil, the
other two
being Hvergelmir,
located beneath a root in Niflheim, and Urðarbrunnr. In the
Poetic Edda...
- hall, and
bites from Lærâd’s branches; from his
horns fall
drops into
Hvergelmir,
whence all
waters rise:— —Grímnismál (25, 26), Thorpe's
translation Under...
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Snorri Sturluson's Gyl****inning, Gjöll
originates from the
wellspring Hvergelmir in Niflheim,
flowing through Ginnungagap, and
thence into the
worlds of...
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Niflheim from
which the Élivágar find
their source in the
wellspring Hvergelmir,
began to fill the void. It then
combined with the life-giving fire and...
- many
Eddic poems. Also the name of a
serpent found in the
wellspring of
Hvergelmir. Mallory,
James P.; Adams,
Douglas Q. (1997).
Encyclopedia of Indo-European...
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Bilskirnir Breidablik Elivagar Fyris Wolds Gandvik Ginnungagap Hel
Hlidskjalf Hvergelmir Járnviðr Jötunheimr
Leipter River Kormet Midgard Muspelheim Náströnd Niðavellir...
- not
enter it—and the
foggy land of Niflheim. In
Niflheim was a spring,
Hvergelmir, and from it flow
numerous rivers.
Together these rivers,
known as Élivágar...
