Nástrǫnd (Old Norse "corpse shore") is a location in Helheimr where Níðhǫggr resides and feasts on corpses. It is the afterlife for those who have sins of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking (which the Norsemen considered the worst possible crimes).
Poetic Edda[]
The Vǫluspá says:
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Prose Edda[]
Snorri Sturluson quotes this part of Völuspá in the Gylfaginning section of his Prose Edda. He uses the plural of the word: Nástrandir (Corpse Shores).
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References[]
- Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson.
- Dronke, Ursula (ed.) (1997) The Poetic Edda: Mythological Poems.
- Eysteinn Björnsson (ed.). Snorra-Edda: Formáli & Gylfaginning : Textar fjögurra meginhandrita.
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