Step 12 of 12 · Home, Kin and Belonging
Midgard (Miðgarðr)
Why this step
The trail ends with the widest home in the sources. Miðgarðr is the world where people live; Grímnismál and Gylfaginning say the gods made it from the giant Ymir’s brows, for the sons of men. The name is often rendered “middle enclosure”, and the entry notes that in the Norse sources it is the defended enclosure of humankind. Whether a wall, a hut or a family makes a place your own, the trail leaves for you to answer.
From the Lorebook
The world of humankind, the “middle enclosure”.
Questions to sit with
- Who or what would you name as your people? Has that answer changed over the years?