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Nóatún (mythology)

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Njörðr and Skaði on the way to Nóatún by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (1882)

In Norse mythology, Nóatún (Old Norse 'ship-enclosure'[1]) is the home of the god Njörðr, described in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning as located "in heaven".[2]

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  1. Andy Orchard (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassel. p. 119. ISBN 9780304345205. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  2. Faulkes (1995:23).

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