Nóatún (mythology)

*Njörðr and Skaði on the way to Nóatún* (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine

In Norse mythology, Nóatún (Old Norse 'ship-enclosure'^[1]) is the abode of the god Njörðr, described in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning as located "in heaven".^[2]

Notes

^ Orchard (1997:119).
^ Faulkes (1995:23).

References

Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3
Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2

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[ORCHARD119-1] Orchard (1997:119).

[FAULKES23-2] Faulkes (1995:23).

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