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Gimli is an Icelandic variant form of Gimlé, a place in Nordic mythology, where the righteous survivors of Ragnarök are foretold to live. It is mentioned in the Prose Edda and Völuspá and described as the most beautiful place on Earth, more beautiful than the Sun. [9] The etymology of Gimli is likely "the place protected from fire" [10] based on two Old Nordic elements : gimr "fire" and ...
Gimli may refer to: . Gimli, Manitoba, Canada . Rural Municipality of Gimli, Manitoba, Canada; Gimli (electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Manitoba RCAF Station Gimli (1943–1971), former air force station near the town
In Norse mythology, Gimlé (alternately Gimli as in Icelandic) is a place where the worthy survivors of Ragnarök are foretold to live. It is mentioned in the Prose Edda and the Eddic poem "Völuspá" and described as the most beautiful place in Asgard, more beautiful than the sun.
"Hœnir, Lóðurr and Odin create Askr and Embla" (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla (Old Norse: Askr ok Embla)—man and woman respectively—were the first two humans, created by the gods.
Bronze horn from 899-700 B.C. Påarp, Sweden. Heimdallr blows into Gjallarhorn in an 1895 illustration by Lorenz Frølich. In Norse mythology, Gjallarhorn (Old Norse: [ˈɡjɑlːɑrˌhorn]; "hollering horn" [1] or "the loud sounding horn" [2]) is a horn associated with the god Heimdallr and the wise being Mímir.
The etymology of the name is obscure, but 'the one who illuminates the world' has been proposed. Heimdallr may be connected to Mardöll, one of Freyja's names. [1] Heimdallr and its variants are usually anglicized as Heimdall (/ ˈ h eɪ m d ɑː l /; [2] with the nominative -r dropped).
Gimle, Oslo, a neighborhood in the city of Oslo, Norway; Gimle (Kristiansand), a neighborhood in the city of Kristiansand, Norway; Gimle, Frederiksberg, a former community centre in Frederiksberg, Denmark; The name Vidkun Quisling gave to his Villa Grande estate in Bygdøy, Norway; A school, church, and cemetery in Albright, Alberta, Canada
A stylized depiction of the cosmological tree Yggdrasil by W. G. Collingwood in Olive Bray's English translation of the Poetic Edda. Trees hold a particular role in Germanic paganism and Germanic mythology, both as individuals (sacred trees) and in groups (sacred groves).