Norse cosmology - Definition and Overview

• Yggdrasil (Beneath its roots are the nine worlds of the universe, plus three magic wells)
  • Hvergelmir
  • Mímisbrunnr
  • Urdarbrunnr
• Highest level
  • Álfheim
  • Asgard
    • Valhalla
  • Vanaheim
• Middle level
  • Jotunheim
    • Gastropnir
    • Thrymheim
    • Utgard
  • Midgard
  • Nidavellir and Svartalfheim (may be the same)
• Lower level
  • Helheim
  • Muspelheim
    • Ginnungagap (Former gap between Muspelheim and Niflheim, from which life sprang)
  • Niflheim
    • Nastrond