Fun Facts About Norse Mythology – The Creation of Mankind
“I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.”
- Joyce Kilmer
Perhaps Kilmer was on to something.
After Odin and his two brothers killed the giant, Ymir, they used his body and blood to create the world. Afterward, they came to Midgard (Earth) and went for a nice relaxing walk on the beach.
The trio found a couple of lovely trees and worked together to make people
out of them. The gods made sure they had souls, intelligence, good looks and clothes. They called the man Askr and the woman Embla. These two humans became the progenitors of the human race.
So if you’ve only ever felt truly at home when walking in a forest, you now know why. You might have stumbled into a family reunion.
~ S.G. Rogers
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