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Gylfaginning: Creation and Odin
"He made heaven and earth and skies and everything in them." "But his
greatest work is that he made man
" (from "Gylfaginning" in Snorra Edda)
While this quote exemplifies how people came to be, it is only a simplification of the worlds creation. The start of life on Earth came about in a most complex, and in some respects a peculiar, fashion. The world started out as two regio ....
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.... physical parts of the world came about: seas, lakes, mountains, trees, and the sky. Time is created and the gods enjoy a golden age. After this, people were created from wood that floated along the sea shore. From an ash log came the first man, Ask, and from an elm log came the first woman, Embla. From these two people came the rest of mankind that would inhabit the region of the world called Midgard. It is at this point that history begins.
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