Náströnd

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Náströnd is a grim shore in Norse mythology where the souls of the most wicked are punished in a hall woven of serpents and dripping venom.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Náströnd canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf afterlife realm ⓘ
location in Norse mythology ⓘ
mythological shore ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Ragnarök ⓘ
linked to: Ragnarok
contrastedWith Fólkvangr ⓘ
Valhalla ⓘ
cosmologicalRole part of Norse underworld ⓘ
realm of post-mortem punishment ⓘ
culture Norse mythology ⓘ
describedBy Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
describedIn Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
hasArchitecture doors facing north ⓘ
hall far from the sun ⓘ
hasCategory Locations in the Eddas ⓘ
Mythological places of punishment ⓘ
Norse underworld locations ⓘ
hasFeature darkness ⓘ
grim shore ⓘ
hall woven of serpents ⓘ
poisonous fumes ⓘ
river of venom ⓘ
venom dripping from serpents ⓘ
hasFloor venom-filled floor ⓘ
hasInhabitants souls of the wicked ⓘ
hasMaterial serpents as wall-cords ⓘ
hasMeaning Corpse Shore ⓘ
Shore of the Dead ⓘ
hasPunishmentType eternal torment ⓘ
venom dripping on the damned ⓘ
hasRoof serpents’ heads spitting venom ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling Nastrond ⓘ
Nástrandir ⓘ
languageOfName Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
locatedIn Niflheim ⓘ
mentionedIn Völuspá ⓘ
moralFunction place of retribution for extreme moral transgressions ⓘ
warning against oath-breaking and murder ⓘ
punishes adulterers ⓘ
murderers ⓘ
oath-breakers ⓘ
perjurers ⓘ
slanderers ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helheim → hasSubregion → Náströnd ⓘ
Níðhöggr → associatedWith → Náströnd ⓘ
Helheim → hasSubrealm → Náströnd ⓘ