Múspellsheimr

The primordial realm of fire, the counterforce to Niflheimr. Múspellsheimr has existed since before creation, and at its border stands Surtr, a fire giant with a flaming sword, patient and immobile.

Múspell is one of the oldest words in Germanic mythology, appearing in the Old Saxon Heliand as referring to the end of the world. The name reaches back to a time when Norse, English, German, and Gothic peoples shared a common language and a common terror: fire at the end of all things.

At Ragnarök, Surtr will lead the sons of Múspell across the burning bridge Bifröst, and fire will consume every world, every tree, every green thing. Múspellsheimr bookends the story of the cosmos.