Scandinavian Mythology
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The beginning of goes back before the
Vikings, during the Scandinavian Bronze Age, which lasted from 1600 - 450
BC. Some of the mythology remains today. The stories recorded from this
mythology are taken from the work of Christian writers and poets. I will
begin by telling the story of the creatio ....
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.... the ice was thawed and it
began to drip and by the might that sent the heat, life appeared in the
drops of the running fluid and this fluid formed into the likeness of a man.
He was given the name Ymir. As the frost continued to thaw another form was
created. This form became a cow called Audhumbla. From her teats flowed
four rivers of milk and it was upon this that Ymir was
fed. While he fed, Ymir slept, and while he slept a male and female frost
giant grew from his armpits and one leg fa ....
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