Elivagar |
Elivagar ("Unknown Waves", "Stormy Waves"or "Poisonous Stream") were the twelve streams, floating out the well Hvergelmir. They filled the emptyness of Gunnungagap and freezed in the regions of Niflheim. The names of the streams were: Fimbulthul, Fjorm, Gjöll, Gunnthra, Hrid, Leipt, Slid, Svol, Sylg, Vid, Ylg The primal cow Audhumla, and the giant Ymir (or Aurgelmir) were created when the hot fire of Muspellheim spray to the Elivagar's glacier. The cow Audhumla licked the salty ice-blocks, till Buri came forth from the blocks. Mogk identified the Elivagar with the Milky Way.
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