ASK AND EMBLA

Ask and Embla on a postage stamp of the Faroe Islands, 2003 by Anker Eli Petersen.

In Norse Mythology, 'Ask and Embla' (ON: ''Askr ok Embla'') were the first two humans created by the gods.

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Odin and his brothers, Ve and Vili, were the creators of the first man and woman. They took two pieces of driftwood from a beach and gave them human shapes. Odin then gave them the breath of life, Vili gave them wit and emotions, and Ve gave them senses and speech. These two people, Ask ("ash"), the male, and Embla ("elm"), became the progenitors of all humanity; they lived in Midgard.

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★ Tjatsi.fo - Retelling and Interpretation of Völuspá (Public Domain, by Anker Eli Petersen)

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