Iðavöllr

Iðavöllr (Old Norse "splendour-plain"Orchard (1997:95).] ) is a location referenced twice in "Völuspá", the first poem in the "Poetic Edda", as a meeting place of the gods. The first mention appears at the beginning of the poem as the world is first created (in verse 7) as the mythical plain on which Asgard is built:

At Ithavoll met | the mighty gods,
Shrines and temples | they timbered high;
Forges they set, and | they smithied ore,
Tongs they wrought, | and tools they fashioned.

Iðavöllr is again mentioned at the very end of the poem in verse 60, after the events of Ragnarök. It is once again a meeting place for the gods, however, most of them being killed in the battle previous to the return, few of the same gods visit the field twice. These survivors build a new city on Iðavöllr, starting with Gimlé:

The gods in Ithavoll | meet together,
Of the terrible girdler | of earth they talk,
And the mighty past | they call to mind,
And the ancient runes | of the Ruler of Gods. [ [http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/LegendsSagas/Edda/PoeticEdda/Voluspo.htm Völuspá ] ]

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* Orchard, Andy (1997). "Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend". Cassell. ISBN 0 304 34520 2