Editing Asgard (section)

=== The Poetic Edda ===
Asgard is named twice in [[Eddic poetry]].{{sfn|Simek|2008|p=20}} The first case is in ''[[Hymiskviða]]'', when [[Thor]] and [[Týr]] journey from Asgard to [[Hymir]]'s hall to obtain a cauldron large enough to brew beer for a feast for [[Ægir]] and the gods.{{sfn|Orchard|2011|p=77|loc = Hymiskvida: The song of Hymir, stanza 7}}{{sfn|Bellows|1923|loc= Þrymskviða, stanza 17}}{{sfn|Simek|2008|pp=167–169}} The second instance is in ''[[Þrymskviða]]'' when [[Loki]] is attempting to convince Thor to dress up as [[Freyja]] in order to get back [[Mjölnir]] by claiming that without his hammer to protect them, [[jötnar]] would soon be living in Asgard.{{sfn|Bellows|1923|loc= Þrymskviða, stanza 17}} 

''[[Grímnismál]]'' contains among its cosmological descriptions, a number of abodes of the gods, such as [[Álfheim]], [[Nóatún (mythology)|Nóatún]] and [[Valhalla]], which some scholars have identified as being in Asgard. Asgard is not mentioned at any point in the poem.{{sfn|Simek|2008|pp=8,235,329}}{{sfn|Mattioli|2018|p=102}} Furthermore, ''[[Völuspá]]'' references [[Iðavöllr]], one of the most common meeting places of Æsir gods, which in ''[[Gylfaginning]]'', [[Snorri Sturluson|Snorri]] locates in the centre of Asgard.{{sfn|Boult|1948}}{{sfn|Sturluson|2018|loc=Gylfaginning, chapter 14}}