In
Norse mythology, the brother of
Odin and
Vili. These three are the sons of the giants
Bestla and
Bor, who turned on the
Giants, slaughtering all but two,
Bergelmir and his wife.
These three raised the inert body of
Ymir out of the waters of
chaos and created the earth, calling it
Midgard ("Middle Abode"). Ymir's bones created the mountains and his blood the ocean, while his flesh became land, and his hair became the trees. The gods formed his skull into the
vault of Heaven, and filled this with bright sparks fromthe fires of
Muspellsheim, thus creating the world, the stars and the planets.