| The Upper World |
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| Realm | Entity | Description |
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Asgard |
Heimdall | Realm of the Aesir, the rulers, warriors, judges, poets and mages. This realm is attributed with rationality, law, inspiration, intuition and transformation, the basis of human consciousness. |
| Vanaheim | Freyr | Realm of the Vanir. This is the realm of natural cycles, production, regeneration, health, well being and shamanistic magick. |
| Liosalfheim | Delling, Frei | Realm of the Light Elves and higher spirits of nature. Here rest the demi-gods and honoured ancestors. It reflects intellectual structures. |
| The Middle World |
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| Muspelheim | Surtr | Realm of the Fire Giants. The dimension of cosmic fire, one of the forces out of which the universe was formed and from which it gains nourishment. |
| Midgard | Thor | Realm of humans. The realm that is influenced by all others. |
| Niflheim | Nidhögg | Realm of the dragon Nidhögg. The dimension of cosmic ice, which in interaction with Muspelheim is responsible for continued existence. |
| The Underworld |
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| Svartalfheim | Modsognir | Realm of the dwarves and Dark Elves. This, like Liosalfheim is a world of demi-gods and ancestors. This realm is governed by the form-giving forces. |
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Jötunheim |
Thrym | Realm of the Giants. This is the realm of primal power, the undirected, unstructured forces of chaos, the un-consciousness. |
| Hel | Hel | The Realm of the Dead. Here Death is manifested as the power of decay, dissolution and disintegration. Here the dead find a resting place so they can prepare for a new incarnation. |
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