ginnungagap

In Norse mythology, Ginnungagap ('yawning abyss') was the vast,

primordial void that existed prior to the creation of the manifest universe,

corresponding to the Greek notion of Chaos.

An alternative etymology interprets Ginnungagap as signifying a

'magical and creative power-filled space'.

In the northern part of Ginnungagap lay the intense cold of Niflheim, and to the southern part lay the equally intense heat of Muspelheim. The cosmogonic process began when the effulgence of the two met in the middle of Ginnungagap.

 

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