"Ymer's flesh produced the earth; Ymer's bones, its rocky ribs; Ymer's skull, the skyey vault; Ymer's teeth, the mountain ice; Ymer's sweat, the ocean salt."
— Ymir

January 1, 1970

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Norse mythology
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From the Poetic Edda ('), as translated by W. Taylor in H. W. Longfellow, The Poets and Poetry of Europe, 2nd ed. (1870), p. 42