What is Ymir?
[[File:Ymir gets killed by Froelich.jpg|right|thumb|Ymir is attacked by the brothers Odin, Vili, and Vé in an illustration by [[Lorenz Frølich]]]] In [[Norse mythology]], '''Ymir''' (also '''Aurgelmir''', '''Brimir''', or '''Bláinn''') is the ancestor of all [[jötnar]]. He is described in the [[Poetic Edda]] and in the [[Prose Edda]]. Ymir was killed by [[Odin]], [[Vé]] and [[Vili]]. From Ymir's body they made seven worlds. Bïfrost and dwarves evolved from maggots by burrowing into Ymir's dead body.From that, dwarves can punch dents and burrow into rock. Upon Ymir's defeat, the three brother's crafted the earth and heavens from his body, the oceans from his sweat, (some cases from his blood) the trees were crafted from his hair, his eyebrows were used to make [[Midgard]] (one of the nine worlds), his bones made the mountains, his [[skull]] is what formed the sky, and from his brains they created the clouds. His name is related to the name of the god of [[death]] and the [[underworld]] in [[Hinduism]], [[Yama]]. [[Category:Norse mythology]] {{religion-stub}}