SCAN 3203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Norse Mythology, Gylfi, Baldr
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King gylfi : king of sweden when odin comes, goes north to the aesir disguised as a man named gangleri, gangleri asks to see the king of gods, a wisdom contest takes place. Gangleri asks questions to high, just as high, and third. The questions pertain to the gods and creation. A world of lava and fire: niflheim. A world of ice and cold: these two words are separated by the ginnunga gap. She licks the ice and reveals biri. Biri begots ber: ber marries and produces three sons . Ve: vili, ve, and odin kill ymir. This is the first act of violence between the gods and giants. Ymir"s blood drowns most of the giants and his body is then used to create the world. Giants are separated from us by the sea. The fortress of midgard (where the gods live) is fashioned from ymir"s eyelashes: the first man and woman are created by odin from driftwood.
