At first, there were only two regions in the world, one was cold and the other was hot. There is a wide and deep crack between these two areas, which is called "Jinnongjia Crack". When hot and cold meet, that is, when flame and ice meet, smoke and water vapor rise in Ran Ran, and then a giant Imil is produced, and then a Daniel named Odem Bula appears, who specializes in caring for this giant. The smell of the cow is fragrant, and bitter milk drips from four breasts, so the giant sucks the bitter milk of the cow to maintain his life. After sucking enough milk and filling his stomach, Imil was attacked by unbearable drowsiness and fell into a dreamless sleep on the ice.

In a deep sleep, sweat dripped from his left armpit. A man and a woman (Mí mir, the intellectual giant, and Bestla, the female giant), a deformed giant with six heads, was born at Imil's feet. Since then, frost giants have multiplied in groups. Cows lick the salt and frost on the ice for a living.

One day, when it was licking a piece of salt, it suddenly showed its shiny long hair from the piece of salt, which was radiant and touching against the fire of fire nation. The next day, a beautiful male head appeared. On the third day, the magnificent body also appeared from the salt block. It was called the God of Bree, the ancestor of the protoss.

Imil and Bree went to war, so the fierce battle between the giant and the protoss began. In the end, Bree was fatally struck by Imil and fell dead on the ice sheet. The giant won.

But at this time, Bree's son Bull married the giant Bestla and gave birth to three sons, Odin, Willie and Wei. The three gods only avenged their grandfathers and continued to fight the giants.

So after a fierce battle that shocked the universe, he finally killed the giant Imil. Odin pierced Imil's chest with a pike, and blood gushed into a sea of blood, in which the giant was submerged.

Only a man and a woman, Bergelmir, the son of the six giants Thrudgelmir, and his wife swam across the sea of blood and fled to the other side of the world, where Jotunheim, a "country of giants", was established, where many frost trolls were bred and vowed to be enemies with the gods forever.

Then Odin began to create the world. First of all, he put Imil's body in the middle of the "abyss" and created the earth with Imil's body. Blood becomes an endless ocean, bones become mountains, and countless hairs become trees.

Odin also chiseled the giant's skull into the sky, made clouds out of the brain marrow, and accumulated graupel and snow in it. The giant's body soon grew maggots, which attracted the attention of the gods and gave them human form.

Because the sky needs strong support, the gods are supported by four dark elves (gnomes) and Machamp from these new creatures. Their names are Nordli, Soudry, Aostri and Vestri, so they are called the four directions of their separation-north, south, east and west.

The gods continue to use the giant's eyebrows as a fence, and the space inside is called "atrium"-Midgard, and the world lies between "the land of death" and "the land of fire".

Then the gods took Mars from the "land of fire" and put it in the sky, creating the sun, moon and stars. The sun and the moon were put on the chariot, and then the gods chose a man (Mani, the moon) and a woman (Sol, the sun) of the giant to drive it.

In addition, Nott was ordered to ride a dark horse across the sky, and her son Dag took over every morning on a light horse, so there was an alternation of "night" and "day".

The sun and the moon are chased and sometimes bitten by terrible wolves, forming "solar eclipse" and "lunar eclipse" Wolves always chase each other, and one day they will devour the sun and the moon, and that is the end.

After the creation was completed, Odin and his brother wandered around the coast and admired their achievements. Inadvertently, they found two branches washed ashore by the waves, so they created a man with one branch and a woman with the other elm branch.

Although the ancestor of mankind appeared, it lacked spirituality with the body, so Odin gave human life and soul, Willie gave them reason and action, and Wei gave them emotion, appearance and language.

So men and women who were originally branches have become loving, hopeful, living and dead creatures. They live in the "atrium" with all kinds of gifts given by the gods, thrive and become the ancestors of human beings.

Elves and dwarves.

For these two races, Sybil's prediction is described as follows:

"As early as the gods haven't thought of creating the world with Imil's body, many maggots were born from Imil's rotting body. These maggots grab the essence of the giant ancestors, but they are all spiritual creatures. Under the judgment of Odin and other gods, they all have human-like bodies and wisdom. The maggots growing from the bright side of the corpse become elves or light elves, while the maggots born from the backlight side of the corpse become dark elves. People generally call them dwarfs. Four dwarfs supporting the southeast and northwest sky were born in Emile.

The elves are bright and dazzling, very beautiful. They are usually gentle, cheerful and enthusiastic, and can communicate with trees, flowers, fish and birds, so the gods regard them as friends. They often help the gods to manage the world, especially the affairs of the sun, moon and stars.

Dwarf is an important special creation in Nordic mythology (Germanic mythology). They are used to living in mountains, underground or mines, like stones and metallurgy, have superb craftsmanship, are good at magic and runes, and are the makers of many artifacts. In addition, in the works before 13 century, dwarves are not described as short, but should be about the size of imagined humans. Later, in folklore and literature, it was gradually dwarfed by fun or humor. Nordic mythology describes their appearance: their skin is as white as a corpse, and their hair and beard are all black. In early mythology, their height was similar to that of ordinary people, and they could even be very tall. They are also afraid of the sun, which will turn to stone when it shines.

Elves and gnomes belong to demigods. They serve God. Because of their beauty and gentleness, the glowing elves can live next to God and build a delicate elf kingdom around the kingdom of God. Dwarfs are punished by the gods for living underground because of their bad personality, and they are not allowed to be irradiated by daytime light, otherwise they will turn to stone or melt away. To this end, short people dug holes in soil or rocks to build nests, forming the black elf country, or dwarf country. "

Three-layer Universe in Nordic Mythology

The universe of Norse mythology consists of nine worlds and is divided into three layers:

On the top floor, there is "Asgard /Asgard", which is the home of the Aesir protoss, surrounded by a green leaf-Idawar, just on the other side of an ice-free river.

The river is shrouded in dense fog all the year round, and the fog layer keeps spinning and covering the river. The holy island is in the middle of the river. From time to time, there is a flame looming in the fog layer, which is lightning that breaks through the reverse white waves.

The kingdom of God is full of magnificent castles with skyscrapers, and the surging waves are biting the feet of the castles. On the hill where vultures crouch, there are endless palaces, among which Odin's "Gladheim" is the most solemn and magnificent.

Its hall, Valhalla, covers the roof with the tassels of long guns, and the seats are all wrapped in silver. In the middle stands the golden throne (Healy Deszke Raf/Hlidskjalf), from which Odin, the father of the gods, looks at the world.

With its tall branches, the "Tree of the World" covered the castle "Golden Palace" where Odin, the father of the gods, lived. At the top of the golden roof of the castle stands a rooster with a golden crown, which is responsible for waking up the gods every morning. As soon as the rooster crows, the red chickens in the lower world of death also respond, resulting in a noisy and sharp "time." Odin led the gods to live together in this land. After a large meeting, Odin issued an order that there should be no bloodshed in this house of gods. The gods also built a large smelting furnace, produced many weapons and tools, and happily built their homes, so the golden age of the gods began.

In addition, there is another protoss-Wanier (Warner Protoss) who lives in Wanahem, where all the reproduction, ocean and wind between heaven and earth are controlled by Wanier Protoss.

And this protoss knows many mysterious spells that even Odin, the father of the gods, doesn't know. Frey, the sun god, and Freya, the god of love and beauty, belong to this protoss.

In this layer, there is another creature named goblin or elf-Elves, which is a creature transformed from Imil's corpse maggots. Although they are not gods, they still have great power. Light goblins are particularly beautiful, dressed in elegant and transparent clothes, brighter than the sun.

They love the light most, and they are kind and kind goblins. The place where they live is called "the land of fairies", which is the territory alf heim/ sun god Fery. The goblins played happily under Frey's bright light. They take care of flowers and plants, play with birds and butterflies, and sometimes see them dancing on the green grass on a moonlit night.

The second floor is the "atrium" where human beings live-Midgard, which means Middle-earth. Surrounded by the sea on all sides, you can reach the "Kingdom of God" where the gods live by crossing the three-color Hongqiao-Rainbow Bridge.

But giants who are enemies of God also live on this floor. Their field is called "Jotunheim/Jotunheim". The giant is tall, savage and tough, and has a terrible appearance.

In the far north, there is a giant eagle. When he waves his wings, a cold north wind will blow and head straight for the "atrium"-Midgard. Giantess is ugly and terrible, but there are also beautiful women, such as Frey's wife Gerda.

"Atrium"-Midgard is very rich, but the giant's residence is full of scary and ominous places such as rocks, cliffs and barren forests. The signpost from the human world to the "giant country" is a terrible "Janvid Garewald"; There is also legend that the other side of the sea is a "giant country".

In the north, the territory of dwarves-Nedavery is "the land of dwarves".

There are also black dwarf who live in the "dwarf country"-trolls, dwarfs or Kobolds. These are also a kind of creatures transformed by Imil's corpse maggots.

These dwarfs are ugly. The long nose hangs loosely on the lips, and the skin is dirty and earthy. During the day, they hide in the dark and come to the ground at night. These dwarfs regard sunlight as their greatest enemy, because whenever they meet sunlight, they will turn to stone.

Their language is the echo of silence; Where do they live, or in deep caves, or between cracks in big rocks.

Of all the creatures in the universe, the dark dwarves are the best craftsmen, and many treasures are their masterpieces. At the same time, these black dwarf have all kinds of mysterious power and profound knowledge, and they also know runic characters, which can not only be engraved, but also understand the meaning contained in them.

The bottom layer is "the country of the dead" or "the country of fog"-Niverheim (Nibelungen). This is a cold and foggy place, an eternal place, which only the dead can reach.

Its boundary is the holy grail of Styx, and there is a crystal bridge inlaid with gold on the river. The guardian of the bridge is Modgude, an old witch who looks like a skeleton. Anyone who wants to cross the bridge must pay bribes with blood. After crossing the bridge, you come to the gate of the underworld guarded by the ghost dog Gam.

In this dead country, there is an area called nast Dragon, where every evil victim passes by, and then he is immersed in an ice spring and bitten by a poisonous snake.

The southernmost part of the world is the "hometown of fire"-Muspelheim. It is not located in these three floors. It has always existed as a "country of death"-Neverheim, even longer than the original giant Imil.

Running through all this is a huge ash tree. It originated in the past, flourished in the present and extended to the infinite future. Leaves are always green, its branches support the weight of the whole universe, and its roots run through the whole world.

After Odin killed the giant Imil, this huge ash tree grew out of Imil's body, which is the cosmic core of the whole Nordic myth: the tree of the world (Yukterahir/Ygdrasil).

Its huge root is divided into three main veins:

One extends to Midgard, the other to Jotunheim, the country of giants, and the other to Nifheim, the country of death. Spring water gushes out beside the roots and nourishes them.

The spring water extending to the atrium of the human world is Urdar brunnr, the sacred well of fate. It is guarded by the descendants of Novi, the father of Not at night, and the three Nuon three goddesses. It is responsible for irrigating the roots with spring water and maintaining the lush foliage.

These three goddesses are called:

"past"-urdurde

"Now"-Verdandi Danti

"Future" —— Huang Fengying, a poem by Scudder

They give life to the Son of Man and designate the luck of all beings.

Besides, next to the roots of the "land of giants", there is a well of wisdom guarded by the wise man Mí mir. This gushing spring hides infinite wisdom and knowledge.

However, next to the root of the tree leading to the "country of death", there lurks a black dragon named "Despair"-nidhogg. It and countless other snakes occupied the trunk and ate it.

In addition, at the top of the tree is an eagle, and a goshawk named Vedfolnir crouches between his eyes, staring at the sky and the ground with intense eyes.

There are also four big deer running among the branches, munching on new buds. The four big deer symbolize the wind in four directions, blowing the branches.

Ratatosk the squirrel jumped up and down, challenging the goshawk and the black dragon.

These are hurting the "tree of the world". When one day they kill the tree of death, the universe will collapse! Ymir is lying under this tree. The giant doesn't like being crushed by a heavy tree, so he keeps shaking himself to get rid of it. So the universe trembled. It was a terrible earthquake.

World destruction

The constant conflict and struggle between the gods and giants will definitely lead to the final decisive battle between the two forces.

At that time, not only all the visible creations will be destroyed, but also the residents of the giant country, the goblin country and the atrium, the gods of the gods country and the necromancer country will be destroyed with the world they live in. The end of the world-ragnar Locke-The twilight of the gods is inevitable anyway.

Before this terrible day of destruction comes, there must be a sign. The first sign is that mankind is facing a severe winter that it has never encountered before. The snow kept falling, the earth was frozen by severe frost, the biting wind roared in the dark sky, and the days of not seeing the sun in the storm continued.

Such a miserable winter has happened three times in a row, with no summer in between, and every day is a miserable day. Everyone's hopes for summer have been dashed. The snow kept falling and there was ice everywhere.

In the cold, the universe is full of the shadow of war and conflict, and the evil beasts in the wilderness wander around looking for food. People no longer forgive each other and help each other, brothers and sisters kill each other, fathers and sons become enemies and kill each other in ugly sexual competition.

This is a world full of evil and terror, even the earth trembled for it, the seas dried up and the rocks crumbled, and the earth cracked. There are countless dead people, vultures gather in the air to scream and hover in search of dead bodies, and their sins cross-flow, and their blood is stained all over the earth. The souls of countless sinners fought to cross the Styx, and even the color of the river was covered.

At the top of the world tree-Igderasil, the golden rooster of the "Kingdom of God" kept calling the police, and it screamed at the top of its lungs. The flaming rooster responded with a shrill crow from the bottom of the "Kingdom of Death".

At the top of the iron forest-on the mound of Jainveid, the vultures of the storm flapped their wings, the storm raged and roared, the world was dark, wolves chasing the sun and the moon devoured the target, and the earth cracked and roared.

-Fenrir, a strange wolf who can devour heaven and earth with his mouth open, has now broken the spell lock that binds him. He shook his fur and the whole world trembled. The tree of the world shook from the root to the top of the tree, and the earth fell apart. Dwarfs living in caves in the mountains fled in panic and couldn't find the entrance to the cave.

At this time, Ned nidhogg also hollowed out the deep roots of the world tree, which was dying. At this time, the "atrium"-Jormungander, the serpent around Midgard, also woke up from the mud bed on the seabed, churning his huge body, and his long tail set off huge waves, engulfing the mountains in the "atrium" and the seawater rushed into the sky of the "Kingdom of the Gods". From the mountain-like waves, the serpent held its huge head high, covered with poison spots, and the breath from its mouth turned into flames, scorching the sky.

At this upside-down moment, an army of flames came from fire nation in the south, and they were killed by the wave of flames under the leadership of the giant Steyr. Steyr holds the sword of victory in his right hand and the flaming flame in his left.

At this time, Loki, the evil god/Vulcan, also broke free from the shackles of eternal punishment and joined the camp against the gods. -Fenrir, the strange wolf, followed him to the "Kingdom of the Gods".

From the east, the giant Remo sailed a boat and rowed to the "Kingdom of the Gods" with the giant snake Joe Mongander. -Garm, the hellhound with blood on his chest, stood on the rock, facing the gloomy and sad abyss, barking.

In the "kingdom of death", which is half flesh-colored and half blue, Hella, the queen of the ghost kingdom, stands on a big ship made of dead people's nails, which is full of frost troll troops heading for the "kingdom of the gods".

The giant army crowded the Hongqiao-Rainbow Bridge, and the loud noise shook the universe. The majestic Hongqiao finally collapsed and shattered under the ravages of the enemy. The mountains split and rocks flew about in the ashes.

Heimdahl, the guardian of heaven, took out the horn Galal hidden in the shade of -ygdrasil, a tree of the world, and sounded an urgent signal to summon the gods and heroes. The sound of the horn resounded through the sky, clearer than thunder, and reported the unfortunate news to the "Kingdom of the Gods".

Armed with weapons, the army of God rushed out of the 540-door "Hall of Soul", set up its position on the night of the Lantern Festival and began to meet the giants. Circular shields collide with each other, and sharp spears fly in the air like dense showers, shaking the world with shouts.

On the eve of the decisive battle, Odin went to Destiny Well alone. I saw three fates sitting quietly beside the withered tree of the world, with only a broken net beside them. Odin went to the clever Mimir, whispered a few words in his ear, and then turned back to the battlefield.

Both sides are here, and countless years of hatred will be solved once and for all.

The first encounter was between Odin, a great god, and Fenrir, a strange wolf. The vengeful troll who broke the curse opened his mouth big enough to prop up the whole sky, spewed flames into the air, and his eyes swooped down on Odin with lightning-like fine mans. Odin raised his magic gun-Kungunir/Gungnir to meet him. He wore a shiny gold helmet, and his dark blue cloak waved behind his shoulders like a blue flame. He stepped down and rode a horse that was faster than the wind. He really deserves to be the Lord of the gods in the country of the gods. Unfortunately, he was unlucky in the war and finally died under the teeth of a strange wolf-Fenrir.

Vidal, Odin's son, saw his father's tragic death and immediately pounced on Fenrir, a strange wolf. He grabbed his chin with one foot, tore his huge mouth in half, and then stabbed his heart out of the wolf's throat with a pike to avenge his father's death.

Frey ordered the immortal hero of the "Hall of the Soul" to rush to Sirte, but Frey's common weapon, the sword of victory, is now in the hands of the enemy, and he only uses an antler as a weapon. Frey was finally hit by the sword of victory in the hands of the enemy and was dying.

Garm, the dog of hell, licked the blood and rushed to Tyre, the god of war. After a fierce battle, Tyr and Garm both died of injuries. Loki's opponent is Heimdahl, who is guarding Hongqiao. After a long period of torture, Loki looked terrible. His face is as white as death, and his long hair and beard stand out angrily and look like strange horns. Heimdahl's sword soon cut off the ugly head, but strangely, the cut head jumped up from the ground and stabbed Heimdahl in the chest, taking his life.

Thor fought a fierce battle with his old enemy Jormungandr. Jormungandr's huge body kept rolling, cleverly avoiding Raytheon's hammer, and at the same time kept spitting poison at Raytheon.

Thor was very angry. He slammed Thor's hammer on the head of the serpent. Suddenly, the thunder was loud and Lei Guang was dazzled. The serpent fell to the ground, spilled blood into the wilderness and died. However, Thor was also poisoned by snake venom. He trembled and groaned in pain. After nine steps, the first warrior of the "Kingdom of the Gods" also died.

The battlefield is full of corpses of gods and giants, and the plain has become a sea of blood. Black Dragon "Despair"-nidhogg flew over the battlefield, his wings made a terrible sound, greedily gnawing at the bloody but still warm body.

The sky emits a dark red light like blood, which dyes the sky and the earth deep red. There are few people standing on the battlefield. Sirte, who killed Frey at the moment, threw the flame in his hand into the sky, and the whole universe collapsed in the red-violet flame.

The "atrium" became a sea of fire, with pillars of fire running through the universe and smoke not reaching the top of the mountain. Igderasil, the tree of the world that supports the universe, has also been swallowed up by flames and collapsed.

Stars fall from the sky, time no longer exists, and the blackened ground wobbles and sinks into the turbulent seabed. Only the huge waves can be seen, and the universe is only dead and eternal darkness.

The world is destroyed like this!

After that, the black dragon "despaired"-nidhogg climbed out from the bottom of the world tree and swallowed the remaining bones that poisoned everything.