Scandinavian Mythology

Part I of Essay
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 ....

Part II of Essay
.... 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 fathered a six headed troll with the other leg. Audhumbla lived by licking the ice-blocks that were salty, and by the evenin ....