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What came first — chaos or the realms themselves? Was Ginnungagap primary, or did Niflheim and Muspelheim exist alongside it from the beginning?
Recently I became interested in the contradiction between monism and pluralism as metaphysical concepts, and this made me wonder whether Niflheim and Muspelheim appeared before Ginnungagap or after it. Do the Norse myths explicitly say that Niflheim and Muspelheim emerged from Ginnungagap, or were they eternal just like Ginnungagap itself? I would appreciate help answering this question.
u/NecessaryGeologist51 — 9 days ago