Nóatún (mythology)
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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]
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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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