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Norse Creation Myth

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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THE NORSE CREATION MYTH

Out of Fire and Ice

IN THE BEGINNING...

There was the realm of Fire, Múspell...

And the realm of ice, Niflheim...

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Ginnungagap, the vast emptiness.

And between them lay
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AND THE GIANT YMIR AROSE

Eventually the two realms mixed in the emptiness...

SPRANG MALE AND FEMALE GIANTS.

FROM HIS ARMPITS AND FOOT

HOWEVER

Gods have a different origin
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AUDHUMLA

A giant cow came from the fires,
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SHE UNCOVERED A GOD, BÚRI.

Hungry, she licked at the ice until...

BORR

He married a giant and had a son named

ODIN, VILI, AND VÉ

Borr also a married a giant and had three sons:

THESE WERE THE GREATEST GODS

THEY HATED EACH OTHER

Although gods and giants intermarried,

THEY HATED EACH OTHER

Although gods and giants intermarried,

THE GODS KILLED YMIR

After constant battle finally

EXCEPT ONE, AND THE WAR CONTINUED

The sea of Ymir's blood killed all the giants,

MEANWHILE,

The gods made the world from Ymir's body
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MEANWHILE,

The gods made the world from Ymir's body
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FLESH BECAME EARTH

BLOOD BECAME OCEANS

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BONES BECAME MOUNTAINS

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SKULL BECAME SKY

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SKULL BECAME SKY

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FROM THE SPARKS OF NIFLHEIM, STARS

FROM BRAINS, CLOUDS

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MAN AND WOMAN

The gods then took two tree trunks to make

MAN AND WOMAN

The gods then took two tree trunks to make

ODIN GAVE THEM BREATH AND FIRE

VILI GAVE THEM THOUGHT AND MOVEMENT

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VÉ GAVE THEM SPEECH, HEARING, AND SIGHT

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THE MAN WAS ASK

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THE WOMAN WAS EMBLA

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FROM THEM COME ALL PEOPLE

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