Vegvísir - Viking Compass

Vegvísir is a functional compass, allowing it's bearer to find their way through rough weather. Unlike traditional compasses, users can also discover the location of all the realms of Yggdrasill; the world-tree, simply rotate your device and glance at the realm displayed above the compass, clicking on the realm name will bring up it's information.

Primary Features:
- Functional compass
- Norse/Viking inspired
- Locations of all Yggdrasill realms
- Settings to adjust various features
- Longitude & Latitude
- Elevation
- Degrees/Angle
- Calibration guide
- Material theme support
- And more

Learn the Realms

Vegvísir allows for locating all of the realms of Yggdrasill, such as Asgard (Realm of the Aesir) and Jotunheim (Realm of the Giants/Jotnar). Simply point your device to a specific direction, and it will adjust the realm indicator text, for best practice it is recommend to hold the device upright; so your device points towards the cloud.

Accuracy of the location of the realms is often debated and subject to change, we've configured the locations to be based on most depictions and descriptions of the locations on Yggdrasill as well as historical records of the locations/realms as they were on the Earth rather than the world-tree, so the compass will work for whichever view.

Clicking on the realm indicator text will bring up our information regarding the realms, perfect for those looking to learn or brush up their memory of the realms.

What is a Vegvísir?

In short, a vegvísir ("wayfinder" or "way shower"), is an Icelandic magical stave, it is said to aid the bearer in finding their way through rough weather, it is not the same as a traditional compass that may be found today. It is often called the Viking Compass, or Norse Compass. It is attested in ~1860 and no earlier (receives no mention in Norse mythology), though this symbol may not have existed during the Viking Age, similar symbols may have, as sagas and eddas do mention of similar magical tools.

The Vegvísir app takes this symbol and meaning, and turns it into a real functioning compass that can be used how the vegvísir was meant to be used; to let users find their way through rough weather.

Locating the Realms

Most mentions and depictions of the realms of Yggdrasill are usually as follows:

- Asgard - North / Up
- Svartalfheim - North East / Up Right
- Jotunheim - East / Right
- Muspelheim - South East / Down Right
- Helheim - South / Down
- Nidavellir - South West / Down Left
- Alfheim - West / Left
- Vanaheim - North West / Up Left

Midgard is considered in the center of the Norse cosmology/world-tree, it currently has no indication as it is assumed that the user is on Earth/Midgard already.

Privacy Policy

We aim to avoid as much permissions as possible and only use those absolutely required for the app to function accordingly. Location permissions and sensor features are required for the application to function properly, and the app may not work as intended without, users can disable Location permission in their device settings or by uninstalling the app at anytime, though some features may not work. The vibration permission is also used for haptic feedback, but can be disabled in the application settings.

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