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I.
DOGMAS OF THE ASA-FAITH.
CHAPTER I.
ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.
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In the beginnihg of time there were two worlds :
in tbf>. Rnntb whs "Miigpell, light and flaming ; over
it rules Surtur, who sits at its boundaries with his
flaming sword; in the ^nrth wa.a 'NTiflJ^giTin, cold
and dark, with the fonntaiu Hvergelmir in its midst,
where the Dragon NiShogg Hwells. Between these
worlds was Ginunga-gap— ^the Yawning Chasm
still as the windless air. From Hvergelmir flowed
forth ice-cold venom-streams. The rime from these
streams met in Ginunga-gap with Muspell's sparks
then the rime-drops were quickened by the power
of the heat, and the Jotun "fmir came into being,
who of himself produced a race of evil Jotuns—the
Frost-Giants or Mountain-Giants.
With "!^mir came to life the cow AuShumla, by
whose milk he was nourished. The cow licked the
salt rime-clumps, and then came forth Buri, a great,
a beautiful, and mighty being. His son was Bor, and