Audhumbla
Audhumbla , also Audhumla , Old Norse Auðhumbla "the milk kingdom", is the original cow in Norse mythology , which is only mentioned in the Prose Edda .
According to this, there was the Hvergelmir spring in Niflheim , from which eleven rivers flowed. The farther they went from the spring, the colder they became, and their waters eventually formed into frost and ice that filled the northern half of the Ginnungagap Trench . Warm air and sparks from the southern fire world of Muspellsheim melted the ice in the ditch and "the drops of life were given". Thus, through the action of heat and cold, the first being, the giant (Jötun) Ymir , of whom the race of the Hrimthursen came into beingran out of. Ýmir lived on the milk of the cow Auðhumbla. As the cow licked the salty, frosted stones, human hair came out on the evening of the first day, on the other day a man's head, and on the third day it was a whole man named Búri , who was tall and strong and handsome. His son Burr had three sons from Bestla , the daughter of the giant Bölthorn : the gods Odin , Vili and Vé .
See also
literature
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .
