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.
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Ymir (cr: Magnus artwork) |
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.
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