In Norse mythology, Éljúðnir (sometimes Anglicized to Eljudnir) is Hel's hall located in

Niflheim In Norse cosmology, Niflheim or Niflheimr (Old Norse: ; "World of Mist", literally "Home of Mist") is a location which sometimes overlaps with the notions of Niflhel and Hel. The name ''Niflheimr'' appears only in two extant sources: ''Gylfaginn ...

as described in chapter 34 of Snorri Sturluson's

Prose Edda The ''Prose Edda'', also known as the ''Younger Edda'', ''Snorri's Edda'' ( is, Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as ''Edda'', is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century. The work is often assumed to have been t ...

in the book ''

Gylfaginning ''Gylfaginning'' (Old Norse: 'The Beguiling of Gylfi' or 'The Deluding of Gylfi'; c. 20,000 words; 13th century Old Norse pronunciation ) is the first part of the 13th century ''Prose Edda'' after the Prologue. The ''Gylfaginning'' deals with t ...

''. The name ''Éljúðnir'' is

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

and means "sprayed with snowstorms" or "damp with sleet or rain".Byock, Jesse. Trans. ''The Prose Edda'' (2006) Penguin Classics The hall is only mentioned in this chapter.

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The hall is described as featuring a threshold that is actually a pitfall called ''Fallandaforað'' meaning "falling to peril", her bed called ''Kör'' meaning "sick bed" that has bed curtains called ''Blikjandaböl'' which means "Gleaming Disaster".

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