File:The 9 Worlds of Norse Myth

Miðgarðr (Midgard), Ásgarðr (Asgard), Vanaheimr, Jǫtunheimr, Hel, Álfheimr, Svartálfaheimr, Muspell, Niflheimr—the 9 realms of Norse myth are connected by the world-tree Yggdrasill.

Intro. to the Norse gods: https://youtu.be/pHS6xJpH0Qw

This video uses reconstructed medieval pronunciation for Old Norse, not Modern Icelandic pronunciation. For more information, see https://youtu.be/5_T5jxWyxk8

Dr. Jackson Crawford is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of both Old Norse and Modern Icelandic. He currently teaches in the Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley (formerly at UCLA), and he will begin teaching at the University of Colorado Boulder as of August 2017. More about his Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/su4a8Qd4KO4

Jackson Crawford’s translation of the Poetic Edda: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1624663567

Jackson Crawford's Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/norsebysw