ymir

Thân thiện

Definition

1. Proper noun:
   • A primeval giant in Norse mythology: Ymir is the primordial being from whose body the world was created. According to myth, Ymir was slain by Odin and his brothers Vili and Vé, who then fashioned the physical world from his corpse.

Examples of Usage

• Proper noun:
  • In the Prose Edda, the story of Ymir is told as the origin of the cosmos.
  • Odin and his brothers created the earth from Ymir's flesh.

Advanced Usage

• "the slaying of Ymir": Refers to the central cosmogonic act in Norse mythology.
  • The creation myth begins with the slaying of Ymir.
• "born from Ymir": Used to describe elements of the world originating from the giant's body.
  • The sky was born from Ymir's skull.

Variants and Related Words

• Aurgelmir: (Proper noun) Another name for Ymir found in poetic sources.
• Brimir: (Proper noun) A name sometimes associated with Ymir or used in kennings for blood.

Synonyms

• Primordial giant: A descriptive term for a primeval, world-forming being in mythology.
• Progenitor: An ancestor or originator, fitting Ymir's role as the source of all material creation.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Cosmogony from the body of a giant: A recurring mythological motif where the universe is formed from the dismembered parts of a primordial being.
  • The myth of Ymir is a classic example of cosmogony from the body of a giant.

Học thuật

Noun

1. (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull

Từ đồng nghĩa

• ymir