The Vikings took the world as being flat like most people did back in the time of the Vikings. They had 9 different worlds in their flat planet controlled by different groups: Midgard, Alfheimr, Svartalfheim, Vanaheimr, Muspellheim, Jotunheimr, Niflheim, Asgard, Hel, and Ginnungagap. Each one had a different inhabitant and each one was created as the vikings tell it. They explain the Earth's creation like this; "Then Bur's son lifted the level land, Mithgarth the mighty here they made, The sun from the South warmed stones from the earth, and green was the ground with growing leeks." (The Poetic Edda: Voluspo) In the passage from The Poetic Eda, The vikings explain Earth's creation as if Bur's son took earth, which had no life on it at the time; Then he had risen the land from the ground and made life appear through the sunlight from the south. The God's then had a meeting to name the new land. As the meeting continued, Giants, dwarfs, and Elves come to the meeting. The were all given their own world by the God's.
The Poetic Edda: Voluspo- "The Poetic Edda: Voluspo." Ow.ly - Shorten Urls, Share Files and Track Visits - Owly. Web. 18 Mar. 2010. .
Picture of Odin- http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery_images/0610/0000/0000/odin4_mid.jpg
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