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In Norse mythology, Audhumla was the cow whose milk nourished the giant Ymir, and his race. Audhumla was created by Surt, and herself created Bor by licking salt from the snow.
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In Norse mythology, Muspell or Muspellheim was one of the two worlds which existed before existence.
Muspell was a fire continent, the mirror image of the ice continent, Niflheim. Flames reaching out from Muspell touched the ice glaciers at the edge of Niflheim, thawing the ice and forming a frozen mist which eventually took form as the giant Ymir.
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In Norse mythology, Niflheim was a world of ice and darkness centered on an icy spring which existed before creation. As its waters met the fire of the other primeval world Muspell they formed the giant Ymir and started creation.
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In Norse mythology, Ve was a son of Bor and Bestla. Ve Killed the giant Ymir and created the world out of its carcass along with his brothers. He gave the first humans feeling, appearance, and speech.
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In Norse mythology, Vili was a son of Bor and Bestla and a brother of Odin and Ve. Together with Odin and Ve, he killed the giant Ymir, created the cosmos out of Ymir's carcass and made the first man and woman. He gave the humans thought and motion.
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In Norse mythology Ymir is a giant. In the beginning there was just Ymir and Ginnunggap. Ymir was slain by Odin, Vili and Ve and out of his blood they made the sea, out of his flesh the earth and out of his bones the rocks and out of his skull the cavity of heaven.
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