Nóatún (mythology)

In Norse mythology, Nóatún (Old Norse "ship-enclosure"[1]) is the abode of the god Njörðr, described in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning as located "in heaven".[2]

Njörðr and Skaði on the way to Nóatún (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine

Notes

  1. Orchard (1997:119).
  2. Faulkes (1995:23).
gollark: Indeed.
gollark: I think it's x86 at least.
gollark: I'm sure nobody will mind inline machine code.
gollark: This meant I was one of the few people to guess lyricly.
gollark: I did most of mine via RNG because I had little idea of who was actually right except in a few cases (most of which were wrong).

References

  • Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3
  • Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
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