The first giant of Norse mythology was Ymir. He was created (by whom or what is unclear) imprisoned inside a block of ice in Ginunga gap. It was not until the giant cow, Audhumla (freed from her own ice block by the showers of sparks emanating from Surtrs flashing sword;) found Ymir, trapped in his block of ice that he was finally freed. Ymir was soon to be slain by the children of his feet, Odin, Vili and Ve. His body was thence fashioned into the nine realms.
Ymir. He was a frost giant. He played a large part in the Norse creation myth.
In both stories the big evil giant is defeated and his body is used to make the world.
The Norse myth.
Atli
Odin
Beowulf.
In Norse mythology, Ymir is the primordial giant from whose body the world was created. According to the myth, Odin and his brothers Vili and Vé killed Ymir and fashioned the Earth from his flesh, the seas from his blood, and the sky from his skull. The bones became mountains, and the hair turned into trees. This creation myth illustrates the themes of chaos transforming into order, as well as the interconnectedness of life and death in the Norse cosmology.
Ymir.
Apollo is not associated with any deity in Norse myth. Vikings never encountered the Greeks.
Apollo is not associated with any deity in Norse myth. Vikings never encountered the Greeks.
Apollo is not associated with any deity in Norse myth. Vikings never encountered the Greeks.
Apollo is not associated with any deity in Norse myth. Vikings never encountered the Greeks.