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Map of Niflheim in God of War (2018) Map of Niflheim in God of War Ragnarök 1/2

Niflheim is known as the "Realm of Fog" being largely a place of endless snow, wind, ice and mist.
Before the realm has been cursed mist, The Realm of the Ice is land of cold and darkness. Unlike the Helheim, The realm possesses covered clouds covering the bluish skies, the fields has covered fog and mist, and mountains of ice. The only known type of plant life that is able to grow in Niflheim appears to be Raven Tree , a giant tree with covered the trunk-like frozen, suggesting that native life is possible though none of the faunas are lived in the realm of ice. The Mist Fields has also several structures including the Nordic stone statues and the metallic female statue covered the snow, far from the canyons where an enormous skeletal corpse pieces of Primordial Cow laid and final resting places over the edge of canyon.
Within the vicinity of Ivaldi's workshop, the mist has been transformed into a foul-smelling fog that will kill anyone who stays within it for too long. The snow and ice are nowhere to be seen, the wind doesn't blow anymore and the now fatal mist releases a foul smell. Fortunately, this mist can be avoided at higher altitudes, and armor constructed from Ivaldi's creations can prolong the time one can breathe in the fog. After a certain distance, the realm returns to its original frigid state.
As of the sequel, the realm of fog itself returns itself as original state.

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Norse Mythology [ ]

According to the Norse story of creation, Niflheim was the first of the Nine Worlds to be brought into being. Before the worlds were created, there was only an empty void known as Ginnungagap. In the north of Ginnungagap there was a spring called Hvergelmir. The northern reaches were so cold, however, that the water of Hvergelmir froze. This frozen land became Niflheim. It was a frozen world of frost and mist. The south of Ginnungagap was hot. As it grew hotter it, too, formed a primordial world. This was Muspelheim, the land of fire.
Little of Muspelheim's heat reached Niflheim, but the slight amount that did caused the ice to drip into Ginnungagap. The droplets of water heated as they fell toward Muspelheim, forming a cloud of vapor in Ginnungagap. This vapor eventually coalesced into a form. This was Ymir who was a great jötunn, a word often translated into English as “giant.” When Ymir was killed his body was used to create Midgard, the world of men. Hvergelmir continued to drip into the Nine Worlds. The spring in Niflheim was said to be the source of all rivers.
The Norse people did not believe that all people went to the same world after they passed on. Exceptional warriors went to Valhalla, other noble deaths went to Frigg's hall at Fólkvangr, and those who died by drowning were carried into the sea by Ram. Others, however, were sent to the realm of Loki's daughter, Hel. In some sources, Hel's hall was the destination for all those who lived and died in unexceptional ways. In others, criminals, outlaws, oathbreakers, and other ignoble sinners were sent to Hel.
The world of Niflheim was the primordial realm of ice and mist on the northern edge of Ginnungagap. Its water had combined with the heat of Muspelheim, the world of fire, in the creation of Midgard and the other worlds.Niflheim is also thought to have been the location of Hel, the realm of the dead. This joyless world was sometimes said to be the place for criminals and outcasts, but was more broadly believed to house the souls of all but the most noble men.
Odin himself travelled to Hel to consult a wise woman and learn hidden wisdom. There, he learned not only about the creation of the world but also about its destruction. At Ragnarök, Loki and his daughter would lead the dead out of Hel. They would be joined by frost giants, the counterparts of Muspelheim's fire giants, and the other monsters who inhabited Niflheim. The gods who had been sent to Hel would also emerge, however. Baldr and his blind brother would rebuild the world and become leaders of a new race of gods. Niflheim was a desolate place, but the Norse people believed that they could give their loved ones a more comfortable experience by sending them with grave goods. The gold, jewelry, tools, and even vehicles that people of the Viking Age took with them to Niflheim have provided the artifacts that let us understand both life and death in the Norse world.