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Audumla (or Audhumbla)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Audumla (Or Audhumbla),

in Norse mythology, was a cow which arose when the ice in Ginnungagap, the Northern Chaos, thawed. This cow licked the salt icebergs and thus created the-first god, Bur, The latter produced. Bor, who was the father of Odin. The giant Ymir was nourished by her milk.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Audumla (or Audhumbla)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/audumla-or-audhumbla.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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