Niðavellir
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In Norse cosmology, Niðavellir (anglic. as Nidavellir; probable compound of O.N. Nið – "new moon", "the wane of the moon" (perhaps related to niðr – "down") + Vellir (pl. of völlr) – "fields": Dark Fields, Downward Fields), also called Myrkheimr (Myrkheimr, O.N. compd. of myrkr – "darkness" + heimr – "home": the world of darkness, Dark Abode), is the home of the Dwarves.
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Vinony's link graph records 52 inbound references to Niðavellir, and connects out to Freyja, dwarf and Forseti.
It is catalogued under the topic Places in Norse mythology.
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In Norse cosmology, Niðavellir (anglic. as Nidavellir; probable compound of O.N. Nið – "new moon", "the wane of the moon" (perhaps related to niðr – "down") + Vellir (pl. of völlr) – "fields": Dark Fields, Downward Fields), also called Myrkheimr (Myrkheimr, O.N. compd. of myrkr – "darkness" + heimr – "home": the world of darkness, Dark Abode), is the home of the Dwarves.
==Völuspá== It is mentioned in the Völuspá:
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