Ymir’s blood – Seljalandsfoss, Iceland by pas le matin view on black
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Ymir, également nommé Aurgelmir, est le fondateur de la race des géants de givre dans la mythologie nordique. Des géants sortirent du corps d’Ymir pendant qu’il dormait, de ses aisselles surgirent un homme et une femme, tandis que de ses jambes naissait un fils.
Dans le mythe de la création, Odin, exaspéré par la brutalité d’Ymir, le tua et le jeta dans le Ginnungagap (« le gouffre béant »). Odin et son frère utilisèrent le corps d’Ymir pour créer la Terre ; sa chair remplit Ginnungagap, ses cheveux devinrent des arbres, son sourcil devint Midgard, et ses os se changèrent en montagnes. De même, ses dents et les fragments de ses os devinrent les rochers, et son sang donna naissance aux rivières, aux lacs, aux étangs et à la mer. Son crâne format le ciel, qui reposait sur quatre nains, son cerveau devenant les nuages, et les asticots de la chair engendrèrent la race des nains.
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L’Islande est sans doute l’endroit du monde qui recut le plus du sang d’Ymir tant les rivières, les lacs et les chutes d’eau y sont nombreux.
EN
In Norse mythology, Ymir, also named Aurgelmir was the founder of the race of frost giants. While Ymir slept, he fell into a sweat and conceived the race of giants. Under his left arm grew a man and a woman, and his legs begot his six-headed son Þrúðgelmir.
Odin and his brothers, upset by his brutality killed Ymir. They used Ymir’s body to create Midgard, the earth at the center of Ginnungagap. His flesh became the earth. The blood of Ymir formed seas, lakes and rivers. From his bones mountains were erected. His teeth and bone fragments became stones. From his hair grew trees and maggots from his flesh became the race of dwarfs. The gods set Ymir’s skull above Ginnungagap and made the sky, supported by four dwarfs. These dwarfs were given the names East, West, North and South. Odin then created winds by placing one of Bergelmir’s sons, in the form of an eagle, at the ends of the earth. He cast Ymir’s brains into the wind to become the clouds.
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Iceland is for sure the place that recieved the most important part of Ymir’s blood because rivers, lakes and waterfalls are so numerous.
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