The Worlds of the Viking Gods
In the beginning, there were no stars, no heavens, and no earth to walk upon. Only two uninhabitable worlds existed: the icy realm called Niflheim and the realm of fire, Muspelheim. Between the worlds was the yawning gap called Ginnungagap. Hvergelmir, a bubbling cauldron in which eleven poisonous rivers flowed, soared from the depths of…