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Niflheim , in Norse mythology, lowest region of the underworld. A land of mist and cold, Niflheim was sometimes called the home of the dead. See also Hel .

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Niflheim in Scandinavian mythology, an underworld of eternal cold, darkness, and mist inhabited by those who died of old age or illness, and ruled over by the goddess Hel.

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