Norse Creation Myth
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- Not everyone was pleased with Odin’s creation. Ymir’s giant sisters, still mourning his death, were incredibly angered by Odin and the other gods killing Ymir. They thought of many ways to avenge Ymir’s death, and came up with an idea. The sisters then gathered at the foot of the tree Yggdrasil, and began carving lines into it.
- To the far South of Ginnungagap is a fiery realm called Muspell. Muspell has long, hot rivers full of poison and lakes of fire. Nothing can grow there and everything would be torched, and can’t live. To the far North of Ginnungagap is the frozen realm of Niflheim. Niflheim is a frozen wasteland, where icy fountains spewed out freezing rivers, nothing could live here either.
- Each line they cut represented a human’s life, beginning with birth, having twists and turns, and ending with death. The sisters then put in a deep cut at the end of every line to ensure that humans will never be as powerful as the gods. These spells were so powerful, not even Odin could change them. Yggdrasil then became known as ‘The Tree of Life’, and humans now knew suffering and death in the world.
- I’m Buri! To the right of me is my wife.
- I’m Bor, and under me is my son, Odin.
- The melting of the ice in Niflheim caused the things inside the ice to thaw out. From the melting ice, a giant named Ymir emerged, becoming the first living thing on Ginnungagap.
- Next to Ymir, a cow emerged from the ice. The cow began to lick the salt from the ice mountains and the ice started to melt even more. The cow also provided a source of food for Ymir, as Ymir drank the milk from it. Ymir drank the milk from the cow, and grew larger and larger.
- The cow began to lick away entire ice mountains. Eventually, it licked away the ice to more beings. The cow licked the ice and thawed out a god named Buri and his goddess wife. They had a son named Bor, and Bor had a son named Odin. Odin would soon become the king of all the gods.
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