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Stanza 37 of the same poem mentions Brimir as the name of a jötunn who may or may not be Ymir as the owner of a beer hall: "To the north there stood on Dark-of-moon Plains a hall of gold of the lineage of Sindri and another stood on Never-cooled Plain, the beer-hall of the giant who is called Brimir." — Larrington trans.
Ymir is mentioned in four poems in the Poetic Edda; Völuspá, Vafþrúðnismál, Grímnismál, and Hyndluljóð. In Völuspá, in which an undead völva imparts knowledge in the god Odin, references are twice made to Ymir. In the first instance, the third stanza of the poem, Ymir is mentioned by name:
In Norse mythology, Þrúðgelmir (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈθruːð.ɟɛlmɪr]; Old Norse "Strength Yeller") is a jötunn, the son of the primordial jötunn Aurgelmir (who Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning identifies with Ymir), and the father of Bergelmir. Þrúðgelmir had one brother and one sister, who were elder than he was.
Using Ymir's eyelashes, the trio built a fortification around the center of the landmass to contain the hostility of the jötnar. They called this fortification Miðgarðr (Old Norse 'central enclosure'). Finally, from Ymir's brains, they formed the clouds. [5] From Ymir's eyebrows they crafted a stronghold named Midgard. When they were walking ...
Articles relating to Ymir and his legends. He is the ancestor of all jötnar . Ymir is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, in the Prose Edda , written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds .
In turn, Audhumbla creates Búri (ancestor of all gods), whose grandchildren Odin, Vili and Vé eventually kill Ymir. Using the various parts of his enormous body, they create the current world; they also create the first humans, Ask and Embla , to populate Midgard .
These say that Odin created the world from the body of the giant Ymir. Odin and his brothers were in turn descended from Búri, who had been created by the primeval cow Auðumbla. Parallels to Auðumbla are found in Indo-Iranian religion, testifying to the ancient Indo-European origins of Germanic mythology. [1]
Ymir is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , the character first appeared in Journey into Mystery #97 (October 1963). Ymir is based on the frost giant of the same name from Norse mythology .