InNorse mythology,Nidafjöll (Old Norse:Niðafjǫll, pronounced[ˈnɪðafjɔlː]), which means something like "dark mountains" (potentiallylit. 'mountains of waning'), is a location in the northernunderworld. Niðafjöll is the site from which thedragonNíðhöggr comes. According toSnorri Sturluson, the good and virtuous people will live here in a golden palace after theRagnarök, despite its proximity toHel.[1][2]
Niðafjöll is mentioned inVöluspá (verse 66) from thePoetic Edda:
Þar kømr inn dimmi dreki fljúgandi, naðr fránn, neðan fráNiðafjöllum. Berr sér í fjöðrum —flýgr völl yfir— Níðhöggr nái—
There comes the dim dragon flying, a gleaming adder, below from theNidafjöll. Carrying in between the feathers —flying the land over— Nidhogg corpses does—.
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