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Of Ymer's flesh
The earth was made,
And of his sweat the seas;
Rocks of his bones,
Trees of his hair,
And the sky of his skull;
But of his eyebrows
The blithe powers
Made Midgard for the sons of men.
Of his brains
All the melancholy
Clouds were made.[1]
- ↑ Elder Edda: Grimner's Lay, 40, 41. Comp. Vafthrudner's Lay, 21.
