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560 CEEATIONj
whose shore the giants were to dwell ; but to guard the inland
parts of the earth against them, there was built of Ymir s brows
a castle, Miffgarff. The giant s brain was thrown into the air.
and formed the clouds, Sn. 8, 9.
Seemund s account 45 (conf. 33 b
) differs in some points :
or Ymirs Itoldi var ior<5 urn scoput,
enn or sveita seer,
biorg or beinom, baiSmr or hdri,
enn or Jiausi himinn,
enn or hans brdm gerSo bli$ regin
mrSgarS manna sonom,
enn or hans heila voro ]?au in harSmoSgo
sk$- oil um scoput.
Here the teeth are not made use of, but we have instead the
formation of trees out of the giant s hair.
When all this was done, the sons of Borr went to the seashore,
and found two trees, out of which they created two human beings,
AsJcr and Embla. To these OSinn gave soul and life, Vili wit
and feeling (sense of touch), Ye countenance (colour?), speech,
hearing and sight, Sn. 10. More exactly
unz ]?rfr komo or J?vi Ir5i
6 flgir ok astgir aesir at susi (uproar) .
l>
in Stem. 3 :
fundo a landi litt megandi
Ask ok Emblo orloglausa :
ond (spirit) ]>au ne atto, 63 (mind) ]?au ne hof^o,
la (blood) ne Igeti, ne lito (colours) go Sa.
ond gaf O^inn, 63 gaf Hoenir,
la gaf Lo3r ok litu g63a.
In this account the three ases are named OSinn, Hoenir, Lo3r
(p. 241) instead of OSinn, Yili, Ye (p. 162) ; they
come to the
roaring (of the sea, ad aestum, Trapa Qlva TroXvfaoia/Soio 6a-
Xao-o-7;?), and find Askr and Embla powerless and inert. Then
(8pheri }
)
n ,
r f
Ti, "I
und ^beflozzen mit dem wendelmer, darin swebt die
d es ist Conf " Berthold f^ p. 287, and Wackern.
Bal Basel Ma5 MSS. on
p. 20 The creation of heaven and earth out of the parts of an egg is
poetically painted m Kalewala, rune 1
(see Suppl.).- Indian legend has likewise
U the 6
fhpT ir f wi /^ h Ven and earth bein
??.
8 eggshells, Somadeva 1, 10. Conf.
birth of Helen and the Dioscuri out of an egg. Extr from SUPPL