| Edward Isidore Sears - 1870
...mountain, who escaped with his wife in a boat and perpetuated the race. Bor's sons took the body of Ymir and set it in the midst of the gulf Ginnungagap. Of...flesh they formed the earth, of his blood seas and other waters, mountains of his bones, rocks of his teeth, and all kinds of plants of his hair. Of his... | |
| Andrew Lang - Mythology - 1887 - 370 pages
...Norse myths of the rent body of Ymir. Borr's sons took the body of the Giant Ymir and of his flesh formed the earth, of his blood seas and waters, of...rocks and stones, of his hair all manner of plants, of his skull the firmament, of his brains the THE MANGLED MAN-SACRIFICE. 243 clouds, and so forth.... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 924 pages
...licked the hoar-frost, whence rose Bur, whose children, Odin, Vile, and Те, alew the giant Ymir. "Of his flesh they formed the earth, of his blood seas and waters, of his bones mountain's, of his teeth rocks and stones, of his hair all manner of plants." Thu> is the story in... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 944 pages
...cow linked the hoar-frost, whenoe rose Bur, whose children, Odin, Tile, and Ye, slew the giant Ymir. "Of his flesh they formed the earth, of his blood...rocks and stones, of his hair all manner of plants." Thu is the story in the Pros* Edda, derived from older songs, such as the Grimnersmal. However the... | |
| Andrew Lang - Religion - 1899 - 388 pages
...Norse myths of the rent body of Ymir. Borr's sons took the body of the Giant Ymir and of his flesh formed the earth, of his blood seas and waters, of...rocks and stones, of his hair all manner of plants, of his skull the firmament, of his brains the clouds, and so forth. In Chaldean story, Bel cuts in... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 944 pages
...licked the hoar-frost, whence rose Bur, whose children, Odin, Vile, and Ve, slew the giant Ymir. " Of his flesh they formed the earth, of his blood seas...rocks and stones, of his hair all manner of plants." This is the story in the Prose Edda, derived from older songs, such as the Grimnersmal. However the... | |
| Andrew Lang - Social Science - 2005 - 389 pages
...Norse myths of the rent body of Ymir. Borr's sons took the body of the Giant Ymir and of his flesh formed the earth, of his blood seas and waters, of...rocks and stones, of his hair all manner of plants, of his skull the firmament, of his brains the clouds, and so forth. In Chaldean story, Bel cuts in... | |
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