a frost giant that
Odin and his brothers killed and used his blood for the sea, his body for the earth and his skull for heaven
Ymir, the frost giant, was the first living being.
When Villi, Ve, and Odin created the world out of Ymir's remains they used his blood to create the sea.
Man wasn't made from a tree. It started when the Frost Giant Ymir was sleeping and started to perspire. The first man and woman emerged from the sweat on his arms. The World Tree in Norse Mythology was called Yggdrasil, if that's what you're thinking of.
The chief god of Norse mythology is Odin.
Norse Mythology originated in early Scandinavia.
Ymir.
Ymir
Ymir is the primordial giant and father to the frost giants. He was created from the melting ice of Niflheim.
Ymir, the frost giant, was the first living being.
Odin. Wodinsday, or Wednesday is named after him
In Norse mythology, the name of the supreme creator god is Odin. He is considered the chief of the Aesir gods and is associated with wisdom, war, and magic.
When Villi, Ve, and Odin created the world out of Ymir's remains they used his blood to create the sea.
In Norse mythology, frost giants were called Jotuns, who lived in Jotunheim. The giants were the chief enemies of the Gods.
Man wasn't made from a tree. It started when the Frost Giant Ymir was sleeping and started to perspire. The first man and woman emerged from the sweat on his arms. The World Tree in Norse Mythology was called Yggdrasil, if that's what you're thinking of.
Muspelheim's heat and Niflheim's ice colided and created the jotunn Ymir and icy cow Audhulma.
Ymir
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.