The Nine Worlds in Norse mythology were:
- Upper level
Asgard (Aesir, the land of the gods),
Alfheim (elves),
Vanaheim (Vanir),
- Middle Level
Midgard (men),
Jotunheim (giants),
Svartalfheim (dark-elves),
Nidavellir (dwarves),
- Lower Level
Muspelheim (fire, a bright, flaming, hot world in the southern region), and
Niflheim (the dead, the lowest level)
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