The Élivágar flow from the spring Hvergelmir in Niflheim according to the Gylfaginning. Hvergelmir is the source of all the primordial rivers whose frozen rime filled Ginnungagap.
Níðhöggr dwells near Hvergelmir, the primordial spring beneath Yggdrasil's root in Niflheim. The dragon gnaws the root while feeding on corpses that sink into the spring's depths.
Hvergelmir, the roaring kettle, is the primordial spring that lies in Niflheim beneath Yggdrasil's third root. From it flow eleven rivers called Élivágar, whose frozen waters filled Ginnungagap.
Yggdrasil's third root stretches down to Hvergelmir in Niflheim, a primordial spring from which all rivers flow. Níðhöggr and countless serpents dwell there gnawing at the root.
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