Comparative mythology corpus

Primordial Being Formed From Elemental Substance

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Norse Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas CONTENTS / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING; lines 328-454 high Steam becomes hoarfrost as heat and cold interact; Ymir or Orgelmir comes to life amid ice-blocks, is born of rime, and is called an ice-giant. The quoted Eddic passage says there was no sand, sea, earth, heaven, or grass, only chaos. record