InNorse mythology,Brimir is possibly another name for thejötunnYmir and also a name of a hall for the souls of the virtuous following theend-time conflict ofRagnarök.
In theGylfaginning section of theProse Edda Brimir refers to a hall in the heavens for good souls following Ragnarok where "plenty of good drink" will be available for those who take pleasure in it.
In stanza 9 ofVöluspá, the first poem of thePoetic Edda, Brimir andBlain are both interpreted as alternate names for Ymir, although distinction between origin and issue is often difficult to discern in Norse mythology:
Quoted bySnorri inGylfaginning, he expands upon this and tells us that the dwarves were created from the dead flesh of Ymir whose body was used byOdin and his brothers to form the earth ("Brimir's blood" referring to the sea and "Blain's limbs" referring to the mountains that were made from his bones).
Stanza 37 of the same poem mentions Brimir as the name of a jötunn who may or may not be Ymir as the owner of abeer hall:
Snorri used this stanza as his basis for Brimir as a hall in the afterlife inGylfaginning but whether the two residences are identical is uncertain.