In Norse religion, Asgard ( Old Norse: Ásgarðr ; meaning " Enclosure of the Æsir ") is one of the Nine Worlds and is the country or capital city of the Norse Gods surrounded by an incomplete wall attributed to a Hrimthurs riding the stallion Svaðilfari, according to Gylfaginning.

Valhalla is located within Asgard.

In the Prose Edda, Gylfi, King of Sweden before the arrival of the Æsir under Odin, travels to Asgard, questions the three officials shown in the illumination concerning the Æsir, and is beguiled.

Snorri further writes that Asgard is a land more fertile than any other, blessed also with a great abundance of gold and jewels.

Within are three officials, whom Gylfi in the guise of Gangleri is allowed to question about the Asgard and the Æsir.

Asgard is conceived as being on the earth.

In Asgard also is a temple for the 12 gods, Gladsheim, and another for the 12 goddesses, Vingólf.

The plain of Idavoll is the centre of Asgard ( Section 14 ).

Afterwards, the earth rises again from the sea, is fairer than before, and where Asgard used to be a remnant of the Æsir gather, some coming up from Hel, and talk and play chess all day with the golden chessmen of the ancient Æsir, which they find in the grass ( Section 58 ).

If Asgard is an earthly place, not there.

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In Norse mythology, Bifröst ( or sometimes Bilröst ) is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard ( the world ) and Asgard, the realm of the gods.

It is briefly described in Snorri Sturluson's Gylfaginning as one of the halls of Asgard:

According to Grímnismál, the hall is the greatest of buildings and contains 540 rooms, located in Asgard, as are all the dwellings of the gods, in the kingdom of Þrúðheimr ( or Þrúðvangar according to Gylfaginning and Ynglinga saga ).

She is said to be the wife of Odin, and is the " foremost among the goddesses " and the queen of Asgard.

Frigg's hall in Asgard is Fensalir, which means " Marsh Halls.

This is why he journeys to Asgard, but on the way he is tricked by the gods and arrives in some other place, where he finds a great palace.

One last mention of Niflheimr appears where it is the last destination of the jötunn who was killed by Thor after he had built Asgard:

* In the Stargate universe, neutronium is a substance which is the basis of the technology of the advanced Asgard race, as well as a primary component of human-form Replicators ; and apparently occurs naturally as a mineral in the crusts on some earthlike planets.

The robotic Cylons in the new version of Battlestar Galactica are usually animated characters, while the Asgard in Stargate SG-1 are animated when they are shown walking around or more than one is on screen at once.

In another version of Norse mythology, Utgard is thought to be the final of the three worlds connected to Yggdrasil being the home of the demons, the other two being Asgard and Midgard.

* Ida Galaxy, a fictional galaxy in the Stargate fictional universe, home galaxy to the Asgard

Asgard is the name of a fictional wonder-city, a city constructed by the Oligarchy to be admired and appreciated as well as lived in.

the supreme ruling entity of the Asgard race in the fictional Stargate franchise

The Asgard are a highly advanced, fictional extraterrestrial race in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

* Asgard ( Stargate ), a race of very advanced aliens in the fictional Stargate universe

* An Asgardian, one of the inhabitants of the Asgard dimension in the Marvel Comics fictional universe.

The river Ifing ( Old Norse, Ífingr ) separates Asgard, the realm of the gods, from Jötunheimr, the land of giants.

The realm was said to have been formed from the flesh and blood of Ymir, his flesh constituting the land and his blood the oceans, and was connected to Asgard by the Bifröst, guarded by Heimdallr.

In Norse mythology, there are two swans that drink from the sacred Well of Urd in the realm of Asgard, home of the gods.

The storylines primarily take place in the Dreaming, Morpheus's realm, and the waking world, with occasional visits to other domains, such as Hell, Faerie, Asgard, and the domains of the other Endless.

In Norse mythology, Glaðsheimr ( Old Norse " bright home ") is a realm in Asgard where Odin's hall of Valhalla is located according to Grímnismál.

In Asgard, the realm of the gods, Gimli is the golden roof of a building where righteous men go when they die.

Hela, the death goddess of Asgard, creates a plan to take over the realm and kill the Allfather Odin, who is in a healing sleep at the time.

Thor also claims to have killed the true Fin Fang Foom in battle, and uses the dragon's bones to build a tomb in the realm of Asgard.

It is named after Asgard, the realm of the gods in Norse mythology.

* Asgard ( comics ), a realm in the Marvel Comics universe based on Norse mythology

The realm of Asgard on the first layer of Ysgard is the home of the Norse gods Odin, Frigga, Frey, Freya, Idun, and secondary realms of Loki and Tyr.

Ysgard is derived from the realm of Asgard in Norse mythology.

He at first restrained himself because his friends desired him to, though he disobeyed this during a trip to Asgard, where he killed and drained a dragon while lost in Hela's realm.

* Thor never destroyed Asgard and is ruling the realm much as his father Odin did in the past, although Asgard was eventually restored in the 616 universe.

For some time, the Norse realm of Asgard was lost in the Negative Zone.

An alternate reality version of Asgard featured the realm itself floating over the East Coast of America.