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A. Mythological Motifs
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A651.1. Series of upper worlds.
A651.1.1. Three heavens. Gylf ch. 9 (17).
A651.1.4. Seven heavens. Cf. A651.3.1; Z71.5.
A651.3. Worlds above and below.
A651.3.1. Seven worlds above and below. Cf. Sol 52: »sigrheima sjau«.
A651.3.1.1.* Nine worlds above and below. Cf. Z71.6. Vsp 2; Vafjjr 43; Gylf ch. 4 (3);
MC 330.
A652. World-tree. Cf. A878.
A657. River connecting earth and upper and lower worlds. Cf. F141. Cf. Vaf]?r 16;
MC 304, 313.
A657.1. Bridge connecting earth and heaven. Cf. E481.2.1; F152. Gylf ch. 6 (13),
8 (15), 15 (27): Bifrost or the rainbow; Vries 402.
A658. Size and distances of the universe.
A658.1. Nine days' fail from heaven to earth.
A658.1.1. Nine nights' riding from heaven (earth) to hell. Gylf ch. 34 (49); MC 304.
A660. Nature of the upper world.
A661. Heaven. A blissful upper world.
A661.1. Valholl. The hall of the warriors who go to Odin. Cf. A151; F771.1.1. Grm
8, 23 ff.; Gylf ch. 2, 24 (38)-25 (41); MC 312; Vries 175, 357.
A661.1.0.1. V. has 640 doors. Cf. F782. Grm 23; Gylf ch. 25 (40); Vries 401.
A661.1.0.2. Goat (Heidrun) in V. gives mead. Grm 25; Gylf ch. 25 (39); Vries 390,
406; MC 313-14.
A661.1.0.3. Hog (Stehrlmnir) in V. gives meat. Cf. D1652.1.9.1.1. Grm 18; Gylf ch.
24 (38); MC 313.
A661.1.0.4. Deer (Eikpyrnir) in V. filis the fountain Hvergelmir. Cf. A878.3.5;
E731.14. Grm 26; Gylf ch. 25 (39); Vries 390.
A661.1.0.5. Cock in V. awakes the gods. Cf. Z65.2. Vsp 43 (42, 33); MC 50, 276, 313:
Gullinkambi.
A665. Support of the sky.
A665.2. Pillar supporting sky. Cf. MC 334.
A665.2.1. Four sky-columns.
A665.2.1.2. Four dwarfs support the sky. Vsp 11; Gylf ch. 5 (8); Skj I 156; Vries
367, 393; MC 264-65.
A669. Nature of the upper world - miscellaneous.
A669.1. Judges in the upper world. Cf. A169.1. Gylf ch. 7 (14), 8 (15).
A670. Nature of the lower world.
A671. Hell. Lower world of torment. Cf. A310.1.; E755.2. Vols ch. 38 (36): »svelta
1 hel«, ch. 39 (37): »fara til heljar«; HrolfKr 15 ch. 4: »heim til heljar«; t>i5r
I 311, HålfdE XV 7 (FAS III 540): »vera i helju«; t>orstUxaf 260 (FMS III 128;
Fjlsl 460): »liggja 1 milli heims ok heljar«; Kongab 30: »leiSa i helju«; HjOlv
463 ch. 5, Kår 1 271: »heimta dr helju«. Cf. Gylf ch. 20 (34); MC 303; Saussaye
256, 291; Vries 399; Fritzner I 779-81: »hel«.
A671.0.1. Hell located to the north. Vsp 38 (34); MC 319.