Ymir

The giant Ymir' (Old Norse Ýmir "twin, hermaphrodite") is the oldest living being in Norse mythology and corresponds to the Adam Kadmon of Hebrew tradition, the Pangu of Chinese mythology, the Gayomart of Persian mythology or the Purusha of the Indian Vedas. His name is considered very old and is linguistically related to the ancient Indian death god Yama and the ancient Persian Yima.[1] Another giant of the Norse primeval times named Aurgelmir is often equated with Ymir.

He was a bisexual primordial giant with six heads. He was formed from the mixing of the glacial ice of Niflheim and the fire of Muspelheim. He fed on the milk of the primordial cow Audhumla.

When he had drunk from the milk of the primordial cow, he fell asleep. He did not notice that the sword of the fire giant Surtr struck next to him. As it was very hot, Thrudgelmir arose from his sweat. This was a six-headed giant.

The first gods, Odin, Vili and Vé killed him and built the world from his body parts: from his flesh was made the earth, from his blood the sea, from his teeth stones and rocks, from his hair the trees, from his eyebrows Midgard, from his skull the sky and from his brain the clouds. The four corners of the sky are supported by the dwarves Nordi, Sudri, Austri and Westri.

Literature

• Rudolf Steiner: Die okkulten Wahrheiten alter Mythen und Sagen, GA 92 (1999), ISBN 3-7274-0920-7 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Mythen und Sagen. Okkulte Zeichen und Symbole, GA 101 (1992), ISBN 3-7274-1010-8 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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