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  Nidavellir -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Nidavellir, "The Dark Fields," is the land of the (Click link for more info and facts about dwarves) dwarves in (The mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity) Norse mythology.
The sometimes used word (Click link for more info and facts about svartálfar) svartálfar refer to the same race as the dwarves, and consequently their realm is then known as Svartálfheim.
Nidavellir is one of nine worlds in (Click link for more info and facts about Norse cosmology) Norse cosmology.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/ni/nidavellir.htm   (118 words)

  
 Planescape - Planewalking - Ysgard
The plane boasts two layers, Muspelheim and Nidavellir, beneath the main expanse of Ysgard.
The lowest layer, Nidavellir, grants easy access through rifts and tunnels, although the tunnels sometimes close up, an event dangerous to travelers and natives alike.
Though the gnomes and dwarves think the worst of the dark elves, the allegiances of these particular drow are not as evil as many travelers might think.
planewalking.dungeons.ru /outer/ysgard/ysgard.htm   (1595 words)

  
 Nine worlds
The first level: Asgard, world of the Aesir; Vanaheim, land of the Vanir; and Alfheim, land of the light elves.
The second level: Midgard, Land of humans (middle world/garden); Nidavellir, Land of the dwarfs; Jotunheim, Land of the giants (Jotuns); and Svartalfheim, Land of the dark elves.
This region had no place in the tricentric structure of the universe, and Snorri Sturluson wrote that is was the first world to exist and that is lies in the southern hemisphere.
www.pantheon.org /articles/n/nine_worlds.html   (165 words)

  
 Writing.Com: The Knight Finalie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Nidavellir, satisfied that he had indeed seen nothing out of the ordinary, disappeared back behind the wall and the armoured footsteps could be heard moving away.
The Nidavellir looked down at the blade piercing its chest and holding it to the wall before its head lolled to the side as the life left it as fast as the blood that ran down the wall.
The blade stuck into a Nidavellir who was readying a bow and arrow, sending the grey warrior sprawling to the ground and saving the human who he had been sighting on.
www.writing.com /view/311373   (14834 words)

  
 Something I can Never Have   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The children laughed at the steps of the tower and began to run through the wrecked place that was their Lady's kingdom, calling for the rest of her folk, asking for the instruments to be played, for voices to be raised.
Life had move on in Nidavellir and settled into its never-changing oddity; new children filling the places of the ones that were sold or died, the older children fearing the coming end of their life in the lands of their Lady.
Nidavellir was hers and hers alone, even when its safety depended on the good will of Jotunheim's Lord.
asgard.saintseiya.biz /Fanfiction/der-dm01.html   (8604 words)

  
 [ELFWOOD] Stories / Ricky J. Blech / 'Skadi'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was probably one of the ugliest dwarfs that lived in the great kingdom of Nidavellir and his hair was so greasy that if he stepped too close to a fire, he might lose every last strand.
The way the people of Nidavellir disposed of trash, was to drop it into a large hole that went deep into the mountain that they lived in, and eventually, the trash fell into molten lava and was just disintegrated.
The feeling was mutual, the citizens of Nidavellir completely adored the King and had become very scared when they believed he had become like his father.
elfwood.lysator.liu.se /(printer)/libr/r/i/ricky/chapter1.html.html   (3172 words)

  
 Aesir's Fall - The Doom of Gods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
People from all over the realms gathered and their bravest and fiercest champions as well as their main commanders were called to establish in the main city of Midgard, Othala, what was later called by The Ancients, The Great Council of the Wise.
He was accompanied by Durin and Dvalin, the only two of the mightiest dwarves ever known in the three realms which was surrounded by the giant mountain wall made by Odin and his brothers during the creation of the World Tree.
After a while of hubbub, The Emperor of the Dwarves stood up of his chair as high as he could from his short size and spoke with a more gravely but clearly voice that was not common for his kind, than his human predecessor did an instant before.
crma.gobelins.fr /users/fmassiera/aesirsfall/pages/story.php?choix=1   (1749 words)

  
 Asgard ... the Norse Mythology Fanlisting ... a production of ... Zengrrl.com
The defensive fortress which the gods build about the middle portion of the earth allotted to men in order to protect mankind from the giants.
Muspellheim or Muspell ["home of desolation"] is a flaming, torrid region, the land of fire far to the south.
It is rumored that it overlaps or is the same as Nidavellir.
misc.bodaciousgoddess.com /norse/extras-bio3.htm   (893 words)

  
 Diana Meade's Page of Norse Mythology
The world is inhabited by fire giants which are ruled by their king, Surt and his wife Sinmore.
Svartalheim and Nidavellir are the homes of the dwarves and dark elves.
Niflheim is the world of ice and shadows, with it's icy regions, fogs and mists.
www.angelfire.com /ok/DianaMeade/norse.html   (1216 words)

  
 Clans of Ragnarok
One of the first Phoenix attacks is on the svartalfar, called The Prelude of the Phoenix.
209 AR Three of the largest cities in Nidavellir are taken siege by the Phoenix.
Many dwarves fail to return the tunnels of Nidavellir, opting instead to travel to different places around the Nine Worlds.
www.lordjava.com /sae/cor/ingame_timeline.php   (1100 words)

  
 Dark Age of Camelot
Armodig, Dwarven Healer of the Nidavellir Warclan for the Champion Seer.
Mystraon, Dwarven Huntress of the Nidavellir Warclan for the Champion Rogue.
The Nidavellir Warclan has been honored with the responcibility to put on a great and awesome event.
www.geocities.com /ringmstr97/daoc/GuildNews.html   (979 words)

  
 [ELFWOOD] Stories / Ricky J. Blech / 'The Storeroom'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
However, since Nidavellir was built inside of the mountain, they did not have any of the weather problems that the "land-dwellers" had to endure.
Yet, this also greatly hindered any farming the people of Nidavellir wanted to do, so they had to depend on trade with the dwarf cities outside of Nidavellir.
The only light that could be seen in Nidavellir at night was from the strange lake.
elfwood.lysator.liu.se /libr/r/i/ricky/chapter2.html.html   (1940 words)

  
 Annael's Lived-in Bottle: The Nation of Mannheim
The nation of Mannheim is located in a mountainous coastal region on the continent of Oerik.
It has a close alliance with a nation of mountain Dwarves who dwell underneath the same range, and who call their home Nidavellir.
The people of Mannheim have a great deal of contact with Dwarves, since the Dwarves of Nidavellir are their closest allies.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/j/p/jpa117/webfiles/mannheim.htm   (3049 words)

  
 Guild Info Section
Nidavellir Warclan is a clan of only dwarves.
Dwarves tend ta be laid back and relaxed about most matters.
We will fight ferociously fer what we think is right, and glory in our triumphs.
www.guildportal.com /ContentControls/Support/InfoSectionViewer.aspx?GuildID=4303&GuildInfoSectionID=4704   (92 words)

  
 A Canonical Poem to the Nine Muses (Lunar Calendar, Ascending Cycle: The Nine Realms of the Norse Tree of Life and the ...
February 12-14: the Solar Angel of the Hazel/Silver Fir: Epiphany of Brigit the Yellow-Green Enchantress, (Converse Calendar), or Rowan: Crowning of Sylvia the Magenta Forester (Inverse Calendar).
Nidavellir: The Norse Nidavellir, realm of the Dwarves, corrresponds to the base chakra's Physical Realm (Light of Laughter, or Soul of Body).
The base chakra is considered the place of Inner Earth, associated with the sense of smell, and with the mineral kingdom.
www.artesmagicae.com /musespoem1.htm   (3175 words)

  
 Of Dwarves and Elves
The dwarves were said to inhabited Nidavellir, one of the Nine Worlds created by the gods, though they also seemed to live in Midgard as well, the world of men.
According to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the dwarves were created from the maggots that fed from the flesh of the primeval giant Ymir.
There are several different types of elves, and they seemed to be related to the dwarves, because Snorri referred the fl elves (svartálfar) as dwarves, or the fl elves are not elves at all.
www.timelessmyths.com /norse/beings.html   (3600 words)

  
 Flame (Thor foe)
Thor caught up to him in Nidavellir, and the two engaged in combat.
In the course of their battle, the Flame's helmet was knocked off and Thor was surprised to see that he was a handsome man. But the Flame refused to believe Thor's words, and continued their battle, finally being knocked into a fiery pool by Thor, where he was seemingly slain.
Although the Flame was angry that Loki had left him in Nidavellir ever since their first encounter, he agreed to Pluto's scheme, and was presented with Cerberus to serve as his steed.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/flamethor.htm   (586 words)

  
 Planewalker.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
They can be encountered on Ysgard, Outlands, or the Prime Material, usually in a cold climate, but most hail from either the underground layer of Ysgard, Nidavellir, or from Pandemonium.
On the Nidavellir layer of Ysgard, the hulder live in underground burrows, each the size of a small farm, where they keep their charmed slaves.
They typically lurk near extraplanar portals, since it is difficult for them to find potential victims on Nidavellir, which is populated mostly by dwarves, elves, and gnomes, all immune to a hulder's charms.
kmarable.com /ps3e/entry.php?intEntryID=10710   (999 words)

  
 Midgard
In Norse myth, the defensive fortress which the gods build about the middle portion of the earth allotted to men in order to protect mankind from the giants.
Midgard ("middle world") is on the same level as Nidavellir (land of the dwarfs), Svartalfheim (land of the dark elves/dwarfs) and Jotunheim (the land of the giants).
Article "Midgard" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 26 December 1997 (Revision 2).
www.pantheon.org /articles/m/midgard.html   (70 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
28 Mimer's Realm, Jotenheim, Nidavellir, Slaeter's Sea, Bifrost and the Rivers Vid and Gioll.
Nidavellir is said to be home to both the mythical forges of the dwarfs and their gigantic mining operations which are said to reach beyond the depths of the earth.
Mimer's Realm, Jotenheim, Nidavellir, Slaeter's Sea, Bifrost and the Rivers Vid and Gioll Air ghola Undead creature which incubates in its victims bodies.
public.planetmirror.com /pub/roguelike/ragnarok/manual.asc   (7947 words)

  
 9Realms
This region had no place in the tricentric structure of the universe, and it has been written that this was the first Realm to exist and that it lies in the southern hemisphere.
Midgard, Realm of the Humans (middle world/garden); Nidavellir, Realm of the Dwarves; Jotunheim, Realm of the Giants (Jotuns); and Svartalfheim, Realm of the Dark Elves.
It is theorized that when referring to the Three Strata that you could very easily set each strata to a race of Norrath, and where all the strata may have been set on the land.
www.9realms.com /content_lore.html   (1409 words)

  
 Alatraiel - Norse Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
On the middle level lie Midgard, Jotunheim, Nidavellir, and Svartalfheim.
Some have said their stronghold, Utgard, exists in Jotunheim, while others say it lies across the vast Ocean surrounding the Earth.
However, north of Midgard was Nidavellir, where Dwarfs lived among caves and holes.
www.avidgamers.com /ReDath/norsep.html   (1932 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Odin
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...
Norse cosmology, as it is given us in the source material for Norse mythology recognizes the existence of nine worlds, assigned the ending -heimr (home, realm, or world) or in some cases -garðr (homestead, yard or earth).
Gylfi greets Odin According to Snorri Sturluson, Gylfi (occasionally anglicized as Gylfe, Gylvi, or Gylve) was an ancient king of Sweden, from whom the supposedly historic Odin and his people the Aesir obtained new land where they built the settlement of Old Sigtuna.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Odin   (10577 words)

  
 Svartalfer
The svartalfer are the dark elves of Norse mythology.
They lived in Svartalfheim, the Land of the Dark Elves, in the north of Midgard, and below Nidavellir (Dark Home), where the dwarves lived.
According to Kevin Crossley-Holland[?], "No valid distinction though can be drawn between the dwarfs and the dark elves; they appear to have been interchangeable."
www.fastload.org /sv/Svartalfer.html   (96 words)

  
 Portalkeep - Tales from Abroad Roleplay Vereniging Noord Nederland - [Roaming the plains of Nidavellir...] Follow up ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Portalkeep - Tales from Abroad Roleplay Vereniging Noord Nederland - [Roaming the plains of Nidavellir...] Follow up for Anduril (adventure #15)
[Roaming the plains of Nidavellir...] Follow up for Anduril (adventure #15)
Nobody but Anduril is allowed to post in this thread, other people's posts will get deleted.
www.portalkeep.net /forums/showthread.php?t=813   (919 words)

  
 Dark Mod of Camelot
On October 13th and 14th, Midgardians from across the realms are invited to join the weekend guild "Nerf'd Middies" in the realm of Albion, on the server Tristan.
Added some new names to the Nidavellir Hero's page thanks to the submissions from Gashe!
As the saying goes: 'Nothing to unite the forces like a common enemy' and the dwarves of Nidavellir are coming together like never before to raise the great hall again.
nidavellir.ringdev.com /news.html   (719 words)

  
 The Official Ragnarok Manual
Mimer's Realm, Jotenheim, Nidavellir, Slaeter's Sea, Bifrost and the Rivers Vid and Gioll
Mimer's Realm (which is host to hordes of powerful creatures in addition to the Spring and Well of Mimer),
Jotenheim (the land of the fire and frost giants), Nidavellir (the caves of the elusive dwarfs), the River Gioll (the entrance to Niflheim),
roguelikes.sauceforge.net /pub/ragnarok/manual.html   (6877 words)

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