Nine worlds, one tree, and gods who know the end is coming.
Norse myths come mostly from Icelandic writers in the 1200s, two centuries after Scandinavia became Christian. They preserve far older poems — but through a later lens.
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Before anything, there was Ginnungagap — a void between icy Niflheim and fiery Muspelheim. Where they met, the giant Ymir formed. Odin and his brothers killed Ymir and built the world from his body: mountains from bones, sea from blood, sky from his skull.
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