Man is created
This is how it is described in Norse history.
By the primal sea of the world, two tree trunks washed ashore – an ash and an elm.
They lay lifeless, without shape or power, until the gods approached.
Odin bent over them and breathed his spirit into their forms.
Höenir placed his hand upon them and gave them thought and awareness.
Lóðurr stretched out his hands, and the warmth of blood filled their veins.
The glow of skin appeared, the spark of life awoke – wood became human.
Thus were Ask and Embla created, the first of humankind, born of divine will.
From them descends the race that dwells in Midgard, bearers of spirit, mind, and the spark of life.
Man is created
This is how it is described in Norse history.
By the primal sea of the world, two tree trunks washed ashore – an ash and an elm.
They lay lifeless, without shape or power, until the gods approached.
Odin bent over them and breathed his spirit into their forms.
Höenir placed his hand upon them and gave them thought and awareness.
Lóðurr stretched out his hands, and the warmth of blood filled their veins.
The glow of skin appeared, the spark of life awoke – wood became human.
Thus were Ask and Embla created, the first of humankind, born of divine will.
From them descends the race that dwells in Midgard, bearers of spirit, mind, and the spark of life.