Creation. In the beginning, there were two regions: Muspellsheim in the south, full of fire, light and heat; and Niflheim in the north, full of arctic waters, mists, and cold. Between them stretched the yawning emptiness of Ginnungagap, and into it poured sparks and smoke from the south and layers of rime-ice and glacial rivers from the north. As heat and cold met in Ginnungagap, a living jotunn, Ymir, appeared in the melting ice. From his legs, the frost jotnar were born, making Ymir the progenitor of the jotnar. Most sources identify Ymir's oldest son as Thrudgelmir, who bore Ymir's grandson, Bergelmir. The other jotnar are usually unnamed. Ymir fed on the milk of the cow Audhumla. She licked the blocks of salty ice, releasing Buri. Buri's son Borr had three sons, the God's Odin, Vili and Ve. The three slew Ymir, and all of the jotnar (giants) except for Bergelmir and his wife were drowned in the blood. From Ymir's body they made the worlds: his blood the seas and lakes, his flesh the Earth, his bones the mountains and his teeth the rocks. From his skull they made the dome of the sky, setting a dwarf at each of the four corners to hold it high above the earth. They protected it from the jotnar with a wall made from Ymir's eyebrows. Next they caused time to exist, and placed the orbs of the sun and moon in chariots which were to circle around the sky. Odin, passing through the world of the jotnar found two beautiful young giants named Sol and Mani, sun and moon. They were brother and sister, and their father had named them after the beautiful lights in the sky. Odin decreed that Sol and Mani should drive the chariots of the sun and the moon across the sky, and to ensure that their journey was always constant and never slowed, he created two great wolves. These wolves were called Hati and Skoll, and they were placed in the sky to pursue the chariots and devour them if they caught them.
Fate. According to Odinic belief, three sisters known as the Norns sit at the end of the World Tree's root. These figures spin Wyrd, which refers to the actions and interrelationships of all beings throughout the cosmos. The three primary Norns are Urdr, Verdandi and Skuld. These three figures are sometimes termed "Being, Becoming and Obliation" or "Initiation, Becoming, Unfolding". Our personal Orlog is fate set in motion by the events of our own lives, which are set in motion by our ancestors lives.
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