Ask and Embla became living souls, and they And the godsįormed man and woman in their own image of two trees, and breathed into Heavens from his eye-brows, the bulwark called Midgard. Universe from his flesh, the earth from his blood, the sea from hisīones, the rocks from his hair, the trees from his skull, the vaulted This was Chaos.Īnd Fimbultyr said: Let Ymer be slain and let order be established.Īnd straightway Odin and his brothers-the bright sons ofīure-gave Ymer a mortal wound, and from his body made they the God, but the father of all the race of evil giants. ThisĪnd Fimbultyr said: Let the melted drops of vapor quicken into life,Īnd the giant Ymer was born in the midst of Ginungagap. Niflheim, came in contact with the dazzling flames from Muspelheim. Of the deep, until the ice-cold rivers, the Elivogs, flowing from Without form and void, and the spirit of Fimbultyr moved upon the face JAMES, IN GRATEFULĪnd the earth and the sea were created, the great abyss Ginungagap was MINISTER TO DENMARK, AUTHOR OF “AMERICA NOTĭISCOVERED BY COLUMBUS,” “NORSE MYTHOLOGY,” “VIKING TALES OF THE NORTH,”ĬHICAGO. ![]() ANDERSON, LL.D., FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF THE SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES IN THE UNIVERSITY WITH AN INTRODUCTION, NOTES, VOCABULARY, AND INDEX. THE AFTERWORD BRAGE’S TALK, THE AFTERWORD ![]() AN ENGLISH VERSION OF THE FOREWORD THE FOOLING OF GYLFE, Index THE YOUNGER EDDA: ALSO CALLED SNORRE’S EDDA, OR THE PROSE EDDA. “Svanhild” in the Vocabulary (all occurrences) and Index. The name “Svanhild/Swanhild” is spelled “Swanhild” in the body text, The author omitted vowel modifiers and diacritics from all names in A few paragraph-ending periods (full stops) have been supplied.
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