YMIR

Ymir is also known as Orgelmir.


Ymir emerged from the ice of Niflheim when it melt from the hot air of Muspell.

Ymir drank milk from a primeval cow AUDUMBLA.
When sleeping, other frost giants formed from the sweat of Ymir's body: the first male and female emerged from his left armpit, and  another man came from his legs.

Ymir (cr: Magnus artwork)

AUDUMBLA licked on the ice and create a man call Buri. Buri has 3 grandsons were the gods Odin, Vili, and Ve, Ymir was killed by them. 
After his death, they took 

• his flesh to make earth.

• his bones became mountains.

• his teeth turned into stones and boulders.

• his hair became trees and vegetation. 

• the gods made the sky from Ymir's skull.

• they threw his brains into the air to form clouds. 

• Odin and his brothers used Ymir's eyebrows to make a great wall to surround and protect Midgard, the world of humans.

Myths Encyclopedia