[Northkeep] crossword puzzle clue

[Tina Michael]

Cool what you can learn from a crossword puzzle clue, huh?

Thanks Ian!

Tina
definitely not Norse

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Jerry Herring <j.t.herring at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> For the  less Norsely inclined...
>
>
> Outside of Muspelllies the void called Ginnungagap, and north of
> Ginnungagapis
> Niflheim, the world of awesome dark and cold. In this world are eleven
> rivers
> flowing from a great well. The rivers are frozen and occupy Ginnungagap.
> When
> the wind, rain, ice, and cold meet the heat and fire of Muspellin the
> center of
> Ginnungagap, a place of light, air, and warmth is born.
> Where fire and ice first met, thawing drops appeared. Beneath the melting
> ice
> lay a Frost Giantnamed Ymir. Ymirslept, falling into a sweat. Under his
> left arm
> there grew a couple, male and female Giants. One of his legs begot a son
> with
> the other.
>
> The melting frost became a cow called Audhumlafrom whose udders ran four
> rivers
> of milk that fed Ymir.
> After one day of licking salty ice blocks, Audhumlafreed a man's hair from
> the
> ice. After two days, his head appeared. On the third day the whole man was
> released from the ice. The man's name was Buri. Burihad a son named Bor.
> Bormarried Bestla, the daughter of a Giant, and together they had three
> sons.
> Odinwas the first, Vili the second, and Vé the third. Odin, in association
> with
> his brothers, is the ruler of heaven and earth. Odin is the greatest and
> most
> famous of all Gods.
>
>
> Odinand his brothers killed the Giant Ymir. They carried Ymirto the middle
> of
> Ginnungagapand created the world, called Midgard, from his body.
> Ymir'sblood
> became the sea and and lakes. His skull became the cover of the sky which
> was
> set over the earth. Ymir'sbrains were tossed into the air, and became
> clouds.
> Then sparks and burning embers from Muspellwere placed in the middle of
> Ginnungagapto give light to Midgard. They named the stars and set their
> paths.
> Ymir'sskeleton became the mountains of Midgard. His teeth and jaws became
> rocks
> and pebbles. His flesh was ground into dirt in the great mill
> Grottekvarnen.
> Ymir'shair became trees. Maggots appeared in Ymir'sflesh became Dwarves,
> who had
> human understanding and the appearance of men, but lived in the earth.
> Under
> each corner of the sky the suns of Buriput a Dwarf. The four Dwarvesare
> called
> Austri (East), Vestri(West), Nordri (North), and Sudri(South).
> Most Kindly
> Ian
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