Spoken Lore

Othin spake: “First answer me well,         if thy wisdom avails, And thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now; In earliest time        whence came the earth, Or the sky, thou giant sage?”

Vafthruthnir spake: “Out of Ymir’s flesh        was fashioned the earth, And the mountains were made of his bones; The sky from the frost-cold        giant’s skull, And the ocean out of his blood.”

Othin spake: “Next answer me well,         if thy wisdom avails, And thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now; Whence came the moon,        o’er the worlds of men That fares, and the flaming sun?”

Vafthruthnir spake: “Mundilferi is he        who begat the moon, and fathered the flaming sun; The round of heaven        each day they run, To tell the time for men.”

Othin spake: “Third answer me well,         if wise thou art called, If thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now; Whence came the day,        o’er mankind that fares, Or night with the narrowing moon?”

Vafthruthnir spake: “The father of day        is Delling called, And the night was begotten by Nor; Full moon and old        by the gods were fashioned, To tell the time for men.” ~ Vafthruthnismal, stanzas 20 - 25

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