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On the way to Niflheimby *J-Humphries

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Fantasy

I was reading up on Norse Mythology, and I was inspired to paint Niflheim, which was the Norse version of Hell. It's described as being cold, dark, and misty. This undeworld is ruled by Hel, the merciless daughter of Loki, who appears as a beautiful woman from the waste up, but has only skeleton legs. If you were a viking, and you had the misfortune of not dying battle, but bed, you might end up here.

The cold blue fires are lit by the denizens of this realm, and frozen into the cliff is the corpse of a frost giant who displeased the cruel goddess.

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~GlacierDragon Apr 18, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Beautiful <3

~StarlightSprinkles21 Apr 8, 2013 Student

Super nice!!!! *O*

~Burtonfan96 Apr 7, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

AWESOMEE!!!!!!

*CLAUDIAROVITO Mar 20, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

fantastic...............!!!!!!!!!!!

*Skelichik Mar 15, 2013

See, and here I thought it was pretty! Good job.

~Dread-and-Dreams Mar 12, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Incredible!

~pantophage Mar 1, 2013 Hobbyist

magnificent

*lilmickey787 Mar 1, 2013

Outstanding piece, and I just saw the man on the cliff above the water! Well done....

~Phage-Marrowice Feb 27, 2013

Wow that's beautiful.

Sorry to be a nitpick, but the tales I've read, I'm from Denmark so I grew up with them, talk of Niflheim as the cold opposite to the fiery Muspelheim at the dawn of creation. Ginnungagap, the gap between the two, is where the world is made. The underworld ruled by Loki's daughter Hel is actually called Hel, so Hel rules Hel. That's where the word come from.

*J-Humphries Mar 4, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

I didn't know that, thanks.

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