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{{Short description|Primordial void mentioned in the Gylfaginning}} {{For|the drone/ambient band|Ginnungagap (band)}} In [[Norse mythology]], '''Ginnungagap''' ([[old Norse]]: {{IPA|non|ˈɡinːoŋɡɑˌɡɑp|}}; "gaping abyss", "yawning void") is the primordial, [[Magic (supernatural)|magical]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> void mentioned in three poems from the ''[[Poetic Edda]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ginnungagap |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ginnungagap |access-date=2023-04-30 |publisher=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Polomé |first1=Edgar Charles |author-link1=Edgar C. Polomé |last2=Turville-Petre |first2=E.O.G. |author-link2=Gabriel Turville-Petre |last3=Tikkanen |first3=Amy |date=2023-03-08 |title=Germanic religion and mythology |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Germanic-religion-and-mythology/Mythology |access-date=2023-04-30 |publisher=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |language=en}}</ref> and the ''[[Gylfaginning]]'', the Eddaic text recording Norse [[cosmogony]].
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