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Although Nordic mythology is not as famous as Greek mythology and Bible, it still has a wide influence on the world, almost permeating every aspect of life. Up to now, there are still a large number of works based on the Nordic mythology system, and almost all of them are masterpieces: The trilogy of The Lord of the Rings is almost a copy of Nordic mythology, and in addition, Harry Potter, Warcraft, Diablo and even Thor's Hammer in the game all have the shadow of Nordic mythology. There must be Nordic characters in the spells and charms used by westerners, which follows the laws of mythology. Another major influence is various festivals in the west. For example, Christmas evolved from activities to commemorate the sun god, Easter is the name of the goddess of spring, and Sunday is named after the Nordic gods (Monday Moon God, Tuesday God of War, Wednesday God, Thursday Thor, Friday God of Spring, Saturday God of Fire, Sunday Sun God). Nordic mythology reflects the polytheistic beliefs of primitive tribes and their magical and magnificent imagination of fighting nature. Odin, the king of gods, is a one-eyed hero, and Tyre, the god of war, is a one-armed warrior. This image shows the brave spirit of ancient Nordic tribes in conquering nature, especially the cold and snow.

origin

The earliest Nordic myths all appeared in the form of songs. In BC, the legend of the strange spirit in the period of "when chaos first opened, Gan Kun began to drink" has been circulated among Germanic tribes in northern Europe. In the Middle Ages, Icelandic scholars recorded them in words. There are mainly two "Eda" that can be consulted now (the meaning of this word cannot be verified. Some people think it means "poetry"; Some people think that it is the sound change of Audi, the academic center in southern Iceland, which may refer to the "Audi series". First, the former Ada, or Poetic Ada, discovered by Icelandic scholar Bryn Gjorv Swenson in 1643, was written between the 9th century and13rd century, which included One is Post-Eda, or Essay Eda, written by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson (1178 ~1241) at the beginning of13rd century. It is an explanatory work of "Pre-Ada".

Nordic myth is a unique myth system in Scandinavia, and its formation time is relatively later than other major myth systems in the world. The oral communication history of Nordic mythology can be traced back to 1-2 century, which was first popular in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and spread to Iceland and other places with a group of immigrants around the 7th century. In the Middle Ages, Christianity prevailed throughout Europe. Because of its strong political attacks, most of the works that record Nordic myths are regarded as heresy and burned. So far, the Icelandic epic Eda and the Germanic epic Song of Nibelungen have been well preserved.

Myth system

Nordic mythology is completely different from Greek, Egyptian, Indian and China mythology. The gods in Nordic mythology are not omnipotent, and the world is not eternal. Odin, the God King, crossed the misty forest at the expense of one eye, met Mimir, a wise man who guarded the world tree, and gained great wisdom. He made an invincible shooting star gun Kungunir from the branches of the world tree, engraved with a sacred contract: "The man who holds this spear will rule the world", which is why he became the king of gods.

Nordic mythology is a polytheistic system, which can be roughly divided into four systems: giant, god, elf and dwarf. Among them, the giant created the world and gave birth to the gods, but at the same time it is also the greatest enemy of the gods, which can be understood as a personalized natural force. The gods are divided into two tribes, the asir tribe headed by Odin and the Vannier tribe headed by Neil, the sea god, among which there are twelve gods. Elves and gnomes belong to demigods. They serve God. Their specific origin is still very vague, and they belong to a special creation in the Germanic region.

There are many very special parts in Nordic mythology. For example, the creation of human beings first created women, and the material created is not the soil expressed in most myths, but a branch. Another outstanding feature is determined by its geographical location. Because Scandinavia is located in the extreme north, it is cold all the year round, so the frost giant has a high position in mythology and often makes the gods feel headache. Secondly, the view of extinction and rebirth has the greatest influence. Different from other mythological systems, the gods in Nordic mythology are not perfect, and they themselves will face the fate of extinction. For example, Odin sacrificed his left eye in order to gain knowledge, and Kuya was hanged from a tree and was traumatized before he got a pike symbolizing strength. On the other hand, Nordic mythology holds that when everything dies, new life will be formed again, and everything in the world is in a cycle.

Mythological figure

(1) twelve gods

Nordic mythology is a polytheistic system, which can be roughly divided into four systems: giant, god, elf and dwarf. Among them, giants created the world and gave birth to the gods, but they were also the greatest enemies of the gods. God is divided into two tribes, the ASIR tribe headed by the Lord God Odin (ASIR) and the Vanier tribe headed by the sea god Niod (Vanier), among which there are twelve main gods:

I. Odin: The Lord God.

Odin is the king of the gods, the ruler of the world, and also known as the "heavenly father". He wore a big gold helmet and two crows perched on his shoulders, symbolizing "thinking" and "memory" respectively. They fly around the world every morning and come back to report their experiences to Odin. There are two wolves squatting at Odin's feet, who are responsible for guarding. In order to increase intelligence, predict the future and rule better, Odin wanted to drink the water from the well of wisdom, which is the holy spring next to the root of ash tree. But Mimir, the giant guarding the oil well, asked him to pay for one eye. Odin immediately dug out an eye without thinking. Drink well water, and you will become knowledgeable. He invented the ancient Norse script (Rhone), which was used by the goddess of fate to record her destiny on the shield.

Two. Frigga (frigga):

Frigga is the god of love, in charge of marriage and family, Odin's wife. Have dominion over heaven and hell. She is beautiful, with white feathers in the middle of her blonde hair. Wearing a white robe with a golden belt and a bunch of keys hanging on it. She likes beautiful clothes and sparkling jewels. She stole Odin's gold to buy an expensive necklace. Odin found out and ran away in a rage. The universe was immediately ruled by the frost giant, and the severe winter killed all life. It was not until Odin returned to Asgard seven months later that the crisis passed.

Three. Thor:

Thor, the eldest son of Odin, the Lord God, and the son of Buddha Qin Luo, the goddess of the earth. Saul is tall and has great arm strength. He has leopard eyes and a red beard. Saul was in rags, but he wore a magic belt around his waist, which doubled his strength. Saul wore iron gloves and gripped Miol's magic hammer. Sol guarded the frost giants and pythons in the East all the year round, and guarded the homes of the gods. Sol is honest and dares to contradict Odin. Saul has a bad temper, but he is brave. When the end of the gods came, Thorsol fought with the Midgard python (Grave Winnell) and died with the python.

Four. Securities investment fund (Siv):

Sif is Saul's wife, the goddess of land and harvest. She has beautiful blonde hair hanging from her head to her feet. One day, Loki, the Vulcan, cut off her hair in a prank while she was sleeping. Seaver was not happy about it, and Saul was very angry. From then on, there is no peace in the world.

Verb (short for verb) Frey:

Frey is the god of abundance, prosperity, love and peace, and also the king of Alfei, a beautiful fairy tale country. He and Walder are both gods of light, or sun. His elves do good deeds all over the world. He often rides a wild boar with a golden mane to go out for inspection. Everyone enjoys the peace and happiness he gives. He has a sword, which is radiant and can walk on clouds. He also has a pocket magic ship, which can carry all the gods and their weapons when necessary.

The intransitive verb Loki (Loki);

Loki is the son of Vulcan giant Farbetti, who is Odin's half-brother, and Loki is the descendant of Frost Giant. He is handsome, but he has a bad temper. He gave birth to some terrible monsters, such as Fenris Wolf and Midgard Python. He looks kind and treacherous. He often speaks ill of himself, quarrels with other gods and causes trouble. At first, he just joked for fun, such as secretly cutting Sif's hair. Later, he did evil unscrupulously, became a demon, and even encouraged the dark god to murder god of light. He is good at magic and miracles. He can turn himself into countless monsters in an instant, and then be chained up for his crimes.

Seven. Tyre:

Tyre is the god of war, the son of the giant Emil. Legend has it that he is the guarantor of the contract and the sworn guardian. When other gods teased and bound the strange wolf in Fenris, Tyr put his arm in the wolf's mouth as a guarantor of credit. The wolf found that the god who tied him was actually setting a trap and immediately bit off Tyr's arm. From then on, Tyre became a one-armed god. But wearing a sword, he always looks dignified. The ancient custom of swearing by sword originated from the worship of Tyr, the god of war, in northern Europe. Many traditional sword dances are arranged in memory of the God of War.

Eight. Freya (freya):

Freya is the god of fertility, in charge of fertility and love, and is freisa's sister. She is very kind and most loved, because people in the ice and snow are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of spring. She often wears heavy makeup and colorful clothes, and sometimes she goes into battle all dressed up, leading fairies to choose dead heroes for Odin. In some stories, she and frigga are the same god.

Nine. Heimdahl:

Heimdahl is the patron saint of the gods. Also known as Rig, he is full of gold teeth and has a keen and far-reaching vision. His eyes can see four roads, he can see three hundred miles away day and night, and he can hear in all directions. When he was lying on the ground, he could hear the hiss of grass growing. He guarded Birrost, the main entrance to heaven, day and night to resist the invasion of frost trolls. He rode a horse with a golden mane and Ollard's horn on his shoulder. In case of emergency, he blew his horn and summoned the gods to deal with it. Legend has it that he is the first person in heaven. When the end of the gods came, Heimdahl and Vulcan Loki died together.

X. Baird (Baird):

Balder is Odin's other son, god of light. Outstanding talent, outstanding appearance, smiling. People felt very happy when he smiled. He had a nightmare and had a premonition that he would be assassinated. The gods were worried about this, so Odin sent an official to strictly prohibit all birds, animals, plants and animals from hurting Bode. But your official didn't send a message to mistletoe, because he felt that this fragile and incompetent plant didn't need to be guarded. Loki, the Vulcan, took advantage of this opportunity to make a sharp arrow with mistletoe, inciting Holder, the god of darkness, to come forward, aiming with a bow and shooting Balder to death.

XI。 Holder:

Holder is the god of darkness. It is said that he is Balder's twin brother, who is blind. He is melancholy, withdrawn, sinister and ferocious, and insists on being the enemy of light. Loki, a Vulcan, instructed him to kill the happy God of Light.

Twelve. Boodell:

Bujila is Odin's son, the god of poetry, and is said to be the god of wisdom, poetry and eloquence. He often writes poems in praise of great men and warriors. His wife Eden is also the goddess of Asgard. She has a treasure box with golden apples of youth. The immortal is old, so long as he tastes the golden apple, he can be rejuvenated. At the sacrificial banquet in Scandinavia, guests often use the horn dedicated to Blagi, the god of poetry, as a wine glass, drinking to their heart's content, vowing to make contributions and make it immortal in poetry.

(2) Other gods

I. Goddess Gevjon

The goddess Qiao Fei knows the past and the future. Qiao Fen came to Sweden disguised as a witch. After several trysts with King Gulliver, she asked him for a small piece of land. The king promised her a wasteland where she could farm day and night. That night, Geoffein's four sons plowed a large area of land from central Sweden with a stick plow pulled by a bull and moved to Denmark, which became the largest island in Denmark. The hole plowed in central Sweden poured into the sea and became the largest lake in Sweden-Lake Meralen.

Two. Vale

Son of God Odin. Wally is the illegitimate child of Linde and Odin. He was born and grew up in the wind, and he could fight day and night. He didn't wash his hands or comb his hair until he caught Bud's enemy, hoddle, and avenged god of light Bud.

Three. Linde (pericarp)

Wali's mother, mistress of the Lord God Odin. Linde refused Odin's pursuit many times, first on the pretext that he would come back at dusk, and then set up strict guards. Odin dodged when he went back, leaving a dog on the bed. At last Odin puzzled Linde with a spell and succeeded. Linde and Odin have a son, Wally.

(3) Giants

The creator of the mythical world, the oldest race in Nordic mythology, all gods have the blood of giants, but giants are also their eternal enemies.

I. Ancestor: Imil (Ymer)

In ancient times, there was a wide and deep crack in the middle of the chaotic world. The interaction of hot and cold air, flame, ice, smoke and steam forms a blockage at the edge of the crack, making it a huge Imil. Imil's descendants Odin, Willie and Willie killed Imil when they grew up, and formed the world with his body: blood became lakes and oceans; Meat turned into land; The bones are mountains; Teeth turn into rocks; Brain marrow turns into clouds; The skull turned into the sky; Eyebrows became fences.

Two. Poseidon: Tjatse in the Golden Cup.

Father of the giant Skade. Jinbei Tjatse kidnapped Eton, the golden apple goddess in charge of eternal youth. Because it was Loki's fault to go to Yidun privately, the gods ordered Loki to rescue him. Loki borrowed Frigga's feather clothes and turned into a baby eagle. He sneaked into the castle of the giant Jinbei Tjatse, turned Eton into a walnut and flew to Asgard with it in his mouth. Only to be discovered by Skade, Jinbei Tjatse turned into a falcon to pursue. When he tried to catch up, Tyre lit a torch, burned the falcon to death, and the giant Jinbei Tjatse lost his life.

Three. Mountain God: Skade.

The daughter of Tjatse in Jinbei and the wife of Ner, the god of Ner tribe. After Tjatse, her father's Jinbei, was killed by the gods, Skade asked Odin for compensation, but Odin promised her that she could find a husband among the gods. Skade took a fancy to god of light Bader, but Odin naturally didn't want to, so he married Skade to the ugly Poseidon Neeld. Skade divorced soon after she married Nieold.

Four. Witch: Albuda (Gurvig)

Albuda is the mother of Gilder, the goddess of grain, and the wife of Guimil, the giant. Giantess, Vulcan Loki's lover. Together with Loki, she gave birth to Fenrir, the wolf, and Midgard, the python-the grave cover. Albuda was a spy of her lover Loki, and the asir tribe wanted to kill her, which triggered a war between the two tribes.

Groru

Daughter of the giant Su Dong. The giant stole the ale brewed by Fila and Gila, and the spirits of the wine. Odin, the Lord God, served in Sudong Garden for a year in order to ask for ale, but was rejected. After Odin seduced Gong Lu, Su Dong's daughter, with Gong Lu's help, he stole malt liquor and returned to Asgard. Odin escaped from Sudong Garden and abandoned Gong Lu, who was unhappy all day.

evaluate

Nordic myth is a long-forgotten myth. The descendants of ancient Norwegians have abandoned this treasure for centuries.

The descendants of heroes in Nordic mythology are the Germanic peoples in Scandinavia and the lowland peoples in northeast Germany. They grew up in a desolate and harsh natural environment and developed a brave and tenacious character.

Wandering, fighting and hunting are their daily lifestyles. They often expedition to other countries under the leadership of bold and enterprising leaders, and win status and wealth from foreign countries that are not available at home.

The primitive culture of these victorious countries may not be superior to the countries they conquered, nor may their weapons and equipment be superior to each other. But they have fearless adventurous spirit and the courage to die, which is also the reason why the Germanic nation can invade the whole of Europe.

These fearless Germanic warriors gradually expanded the scope of exploration. In 400 AD, they were bordered by the Rhine River and Danube River, and were adjacent to the Roman Empire. When the Roman countries declined, they constantly invaded the territory of the Roman Empire.

By the middle of the fifth century, the Germans were oppressed by Finns from east, west, north and south (that is, the northern Xiongnu who moved westward after the defeat of the Han Empire), which led to the great migration of ethnic groups. This is what Germans call the heroic age, and most of the heroes in Nordic legends are heroes of this era.

As a result of this great migration, the Germans invaded Russia in the east, the French coast and Britten Island in the west, Spain, Italy Peninsula, Sicily and North Africa in the south, and even traveled as far as Greenland and some American continents.

The Nordic myth that has been passed down to this day is the product of this nation. However, the records of myths no longer exist in Germanic countries today. Instead, it is preserved in Iceland, a North Sea island full of volcanoes and glaciers.

The Germanic God was completely forgotten by the Germanic nation, and the most important reason was the contact with the Roman Empire and the assimilation of Christianity through contact. Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, especially the "Thirty Years' War" of 16 18- 1648, Germany's inherent culture was incomplete and barren, and valuable literature and legends fell into the abyss of oblivion and were buried in the long years.

At that time, only Christian priests could read. They are responsible for recording and saving documents. They hate pagan legends, manuscripts and songs and clean them up. Only some materials survived:-Beowulf in England,-Song of Nibelungen in Germany, some fragmentary fragments -Saga (Legend of Heroes), and-Eda, two poems of Icelandic mythology.

In addition, the Germans thought that the ancient Chinese character Runenschrift originally used was a magical spell. If the language is shaped into words, it is equivalent to giving the enemy mysterious power. Therefore, today is not only the belief of the ancient Germans, but also the way of life.

Story introduction

(1) Create

At first, there were only two regions in the world, one was cold and the other was hot. There is a wide and deep crack between these two areas, which is called "Jinnongjia Crack". When hot and cold meet, that is, when flame and ice meet, smoke and water vapor rise in Ran Ran, and then a giant Imil comes into being, and then a Daniel named Andrew Mara appears, who feeds the giant. The smell of the cow is fragrant, and bitter milk drips from four breasts, so the giant sucks the bitter milk of the cow to maintain his life. After sucking enough milk and filling his stomach, Imil was attacked by unbearable drowsiness and fell into a dreamless sleep on the ice.

In a deep sleep, sweat dripped from his left armpit, and a man and a woman, a deformed six-headed giant Thrudgelmir, was born from Imil's feet. Since then, the frost troll has multiplied. Cows lick the salt and frost on the ice for a living.

One day, when it was licking a piece of salt, it suddenly showed its shiny long hair from the piece of salt, which was radiant and touching against the fire of fire nation. The next day, a beautiful male head appeared. On the third day, the magnificent body also appeared from the salt block. It was called the God of Bree, the ancestor of the protoss.

Imil and Bree went to war, so the fierce battle between the giant and the protoss began. In the end, Bree was fatally struck by Imil and fell dead on the ice sheet. The giant won.

But at this time, Bree's son Bohr married a giant and gave birth to three sons, Odin, Willie and Wei. These three gods just want to avenge their grandfathers and continue to fight the giants.

So after a fierce battle that shocked the universe, he finally killed the giant Imil. Odin pierced Imil's chest with a pike, and blood gushed into a sea of blood, in which the giant was submerged.

There was only one man and one woman. Bergelmir, the son of six giants Thrudgelmir, and his wife swam across the sea of blood and fled to the other side of the world, where Jotunheim, a "country of giants", was established, where many frost trolls were bred and vowed to be enemies with the gods forever.

Then Odin began to create the world. First of all, he put Imil's body in the middle of the "abyss" and created the earth with Imil's body. Blood becomes an endless ocean, bones become mountains, and countless hairs become trees.

Odin also chiseled the giant's skull into the sky, made clouds out of the brain marrow, and accumulated graupel and snow in it. The giant's body soon grew maggots, which attracted the attention of the gods and gave them human form.

Because the ice needs strong support, God only chose four Machamp creatures from this new creature to support it. Their names are Nordli, Soudry, Aostri and Vestri, so they are called the four directions of their separation-north, south, east and west.

God just keeps using the giant's eyebrows as a fence. The space inside is called "atrium"-Midgard, and the world is between "the land of death" and "the land of fire".

Then the gods took Mars from the "land of fire" and put it in the sky, creating the sun, moon and stars. The sun and the moon were put on the chariot, and then the gods chose a man (Mani, the moon) and a woman (Sol, the sun) of the giant to drive it.

In addition, the giant Nott was ordered to gallop in the sky on a black horse. Every morning, her son Dag takes over on a light horse, so day and night alternate.

The sun and the moon are chased and sometimes bitten by terrible wolves, forming "solar eclipse" and "lunar eclipse" Wolves always chase each other, and one day they will devour the sun and the moon, and that is the end.

After the creation was completed, Odin and his brother wandered around the coast and admired their achievements. Inadvertently, they found two branches washed ashore by the waves, so they created a man with one branch and a woman with the other elm branch.

Although the ancestor of mankind appeared, it lacked spirituality with the body, so Odin gave human life and soul, Willie gave them reason and action, and Wei gave them emotion, appearance and language.

So men and women who were originally branches have become loving, hopeful, living and dead creatures. They live in the "atrium" with all kinds of gifts given by the gods, thrive and become the ancestors of human beings.

(2) Elf and Dwalf

For these two races, Sybil's prediction is described as follows:

"As early as the gods haven't thought of creating the world with Imil's body, many maggots were born from Imil's rotting body. These maggots grab the essence of the giant ancestors, but they are all spiritual creatures. Under the judgment of Odin and other gods, they all have human-like bodies and wisdom. The maggots growing from the bright side of the corpse become elves or light elves, while the maggots born from the backlight side of the corpse become dark elves. People generally call them dwarfs. Four dwarfs supporting the southeast and northwest sky were born in Emile.

The elves are bright and dazzling, very beautiful. They are usually gentle, cheerful and enthusiastic, and can communicate with trees, flowers, fish and birds, so the gods regard them as friends. They often help the gods to manage the world, especially the affairs of the sun, moon and stars.

Although dwarfs and elves are the same thing, their looks and temperament are diametrically opposed. They are short, ugly, dark, lustful, cunning and lying.

Elves and dwarves belong to demigods. They serve God. Because of their beauty and gentleness, the glowing elves can live next to God and build a delicate elf kingdom around the kingdom of God. Because of his bad personality, black dwarf was punished by the gods to live underground, and was not allowed to be irradiated by the daytime light, otherwise it would turn to stone or melt away. To this end, short people dug holes in soil or rocks to build nests, forming the black elf country, or dwarf country. "

(3) Three-layer Universe in Nordic Mythology

The universe of Norse mythology consists of nine worlds and is divided into three layers:

On the top floor, there is the "Kingdom of the Gods"-Asgard, which is the residence of the Aesir protoss, surrounded by a piece of green Yuan Ye -Idawald, just on the other side of a river that never freezes.

The river is shrouded in dense fog all the year round, and the fog layer keeps spinning and covering the river. The holy island is in the middle of the river. From time to time, there is a flame looming in the fog layer, which is lightning that breaks through the reverse white waves.

Asgard is full of magnificent castles with skyscrapers, and the surging waves are constantly biting the feet of the castles. On the hill where vultures crouch, there are endless palaces, the most solemn and magnificent of which is Odin's "Golden Palace" Gladheim.

-Valhalla, its hall, the hall of the soul, covered the roof with tassels of pike, and the seats were all wrapped in silver. In the center stands a golden throne, HLIDSKIJALF, from which Odin, the father of the gods, overlooks heaven and the earth.

"Tree of the World", its tall branches, shadows-Gladheim, castle, father of Odin, life. On the golden roof of the castle stands a rooster with a golden crown, which is responsible for waking up the gods every morning. As soon as the rooster crows, the red chickens in the dead countries in the lower world also respond, resulting in a noisy and harsh "time". Odin led the gods to live together in this land. After a large meeting, Odin issued an order that there should be no bloodshed in this house of gods. The gods also built a large smelting furnace, produced many weapons and tools, and happily built their homes, so the golden age of the gods began.

In addition, there is another protoss-Varnom, where Vannier lives. Everything between heaven and earth, such as reproduction, ocean and wind, is controlled by the Vannier protoss.

And this protoss knows many mysterious spells that even Odin, the father of the gods, doesn't know. Frey, the sun god, and Freya, the god of love and beauty, belong to this protoss.

In this layer, there is another creature named goblin or elf-Elves, which is a creature transformed from Imil's corpse maggots. Although they are not gods, they still have great power. Light goblins are particularly beautiful, dressed in elegant and transparent clothes, brighter than the sun.

They love light most, and they are kind-hearted goblins. Their place is called "the land of fairies"-Alfheim, which is the territory of the sun god Frey. The goblins are playing happily under Fery's bright light. They take care of flowers and plants, play with birds and butterflies, and sometimes see them dancing on the green grass on a moonlit night.

The second floor is the "atrium" where human beings live-Midgard, which means Middle-earth. Surrounded by the sea on all sides, you can reach the "Kingdom of God" where God only lives through the rainbow bridge with three colors (ice, fire and gas).

But giants who are enemies of God also live on this floor. Their field is called "the country of giants"-Jotunheim. The giant is tall, savage and tough, and has a terrible appearance.

In the far north, there is a giant eagle. When he waves his wings, a cold north wind will blow and head straight for the "atrium"-Midgard. Giantess is ugly and terrible, but there are also beautiful women, such as Frey's wife Gerda.

"Atrium"-Midgard is very rich, but the giant's residence is full of scary and ominous places such as rocks, cliffs and barren forests. The signpost from the human world to the "giant country" is a terrible "steel forest"-Jainveid; There is also legend that the other side of the sea is a "giant country".

In the north, Nidaville, the land of dwarves, is the territory of dwarves. There are also black dwarf, a troll, a dwarf or Kobolds, who live in Svartalfheim, the hometown of dwarfs. These are also a kind of creatures transformed by Imil's corpse maggots.

These dwarfs are ugly. The long nose hangs loosely on the lips, and the skin is dirty and earthy. During the day, they hide in the dark and come to the ground at night. These dwarfs regard sunlight as their greatest enemy, because whenever they meet sunlight, they will turn to stone.

Their language is the echo of silence; Where do they live, or in deep caves, or between cracks in big rocks.

Of all the creatures in the universe, the dark dwarves are the best craftsmen, and many treasures are their masterpieces. At the same time, these black dwarf have all kinds of mysterious power and profound knowledge, and they also know runic characters, which can not only be engraved, but also understand the meaning contained in them.

At the bottom is the "country of death" or "country of fog"-Neverheim. This is a cold and foggy place, an eternal place, which only the dead can reach.

Its boundary is the holy grail of Styx, and there is a crystal bridge inlaid with gold on the river. The guardian of the bridge is Modgude, an old witch who looks like a skeleton. Anyone who wants to cross the bridge must pay bribes with blood. After crossing the bridge, you come to the gate of the underworld guarded by the ghost dog Gam.

In this dead country, there is an area called nast Dragon, where every evil victim passes by, and then he is immersed in an ice spring and bitten by a poisonous snake.

The southernmost part of the world is the "hometown of fire"-Muspelheim. It is not located in these three floors. It has always existed as a "country of death"-Neverheim, even longer than the early giant Imil.

Running through all this is a huge ash tree. It originated in the past, flourished in the present and extended to the infinite future. Leaves are always green, its branches support the weight of the whole universe, and its roots run through the whole world.