Facts about Ymir

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   Ymir's sweat produced the first male and female giants, making him the progenitor of the entire race of frost giants in Norse myth.

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   Auðumbla's licking of salty ice blocks also revealed Búri, ancestor of the gods, while Ymir slept nearby in early Norse creation myth.

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   The first living being in Norse mythology, Ymir was nourished by the milk of the primordial cow Auðumbla.

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   From Ymir's flesh the earth was made, his blood the seas, his bones the mountains, and his skull the sky, according to Norse cosmogony.

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   In Norse mythology, Ymir is the primordial giant from whose body the gods Odin, Vili, and Vé created the world.

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