Oh good, I was pretty confused there for a while.
And Ymir wasn't really the creator of the world, but rather the material from which the world was created. I could almost tell the whole story by heart but I doubt people here are interested so I'll leave it at that.
How nice, I'm glad to see people interested in this sort of thing! So let's begin, shall we?
So, in the beginning there was nothing, only a big, anticosmic abyss called Ginnungagap, and the worlds of primal ice, Niflheim, and primal fire, Muspelheim. When the fire and ice met in the abyss, Ymir the giant was born. Ymir was a hermaphrodite (although he's usually depicted as a man), but more giants were born from his sweat.
As more ice from Niflheim melted, the cow Audhumbla emerged from it, and Ymir drank her milk for nourishment. Audhumbla continued to lick the ice, and the first god, Buri, emerged from it. Buri had a son named Bor who married Bestla, the daughter of a giant named Bolthorn. Their children were Odin, Vili and Ve (which means that Odin himself is half-giant, and Thor is actually 3/4 giant unlike the Marvel universe would have you believe).
(Cont.)
Odin, Vili and Ve then killed Ymir and made the land from his muscles and skin, the oceans from his blood, the sky from his skull, the mountains from his bones, clouds from his brain, and flora from his hair.
Then they made the first man and woman, Ask and Embla, from tree trunks.
I really like the end of the story because it shows that both genders are made out of the same material, unlike the biblical version of first humans that is pretty much the breeding ground for inferiority and superiority complex (and yes I know about Lilith). The Nords were pretty big on gender equality, hence why there are about as many gods as there are goddesses. It's funny that everyone thinks how barbaric they were but in reality they were in certain aspects more advanced than the Christians, but of course they were eradicated/converted because polytheism = heathen.
Also, fun fact, Midgard (our world, Earth) literally means Middle Earth. There are also other names and concepts that inspired Tolkien.
Also, that's a really cool story. Mythology is really awesome.
If you guys want to see some mythology stories told in Internet style, bettermyths.com is quite fun
And this is about that awesome freckled lesbian from AoT, not Ymir the Frost Giant cx
And Ymir wasn't really the creator of the world, but rather the material from which the world was created. I could almost tell the whole story by heart but I doubt people here are interested so I'll leave it at that.
So, in the beginning there was nothing, only a big, anticosmic abyss called Ginnungagap, and the worlds of primal ice, Niflheim, and primal fire, Muspelheim. When the fire and ice met in the abyss, Ymir the giant was born. Ymir was a hermaphrodite (although he's usually depicted as a man), but more giants were born from his sweat.
As more ice from Niflheim melted, the cow Audhumbla emerged from it, and Ymir drank her milk for nourishment. Audhumbla continued to lick the ice, and the first god, Buri, emerged from it. Buri had a son named Bor who married Bestla, the daughter of a giant named Bolthorn. Their children were Odin, Vili and Ve (which means that Odin himself is half-giant, and Thor is actually 3/4 giant unlike the Marvel universe would have you believe).
(Cont.)
Then they made the first man and woman, Ask and Embla, from tree trunks.
I really like the end of the story because it shows that both genders are made out of the same material, unlike the biblical version of first humans that is pretty much the breeding ground for inferiority and superiority complex (and yes I know about Lilith). The Nords were pretty big on gender equality, hence why there are about as many gods as there are goddesses. It's funny that everyone thinks how barbaric they were but in reality they were in certain aspects more advanced than the Christians, but of course they were eradicated/converted because polytheism = heathen.
Also, fun fact, Midgard (our world, Earth) literally means Middle Earth. There are also other names and concepts that inspired Tolkien.
If you guys want to see some mythology stories told in Internet style, bettermyths.com is quite fun